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Word: mastering (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...bill's sponsors reminded the council that keycard access remains solely the decision of each house master. They assured the council that they would negotiate with the College while keeping in mind the unique architecture of each house...

Author: By Barbara E. Martinez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Council President Will Not Run For Re-Election | 11/24/1997 | See Source »

...Deity's presence as immediate at all times: an ongoing surge of light or energy communicated from the Unknowable to the material world via a series of 10 divine emanations, or sephirot. By studying and imitating these, the mystic could progress ever closer to their source. Sixteenth century master Isaac Luria added a gloss on Creation: God, having graciously receded to make room, channeled a ray of light into the resulting void through mystic vessels. Some of them shattered--the world became broken--and fallen sparks of the eternal were trapped in every aspect of our mundane existence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POP GOES THE KABBALAH | 11/24/1997 | See Source »

...backyard, ensconced in a cozy black leather armchair, Rabbi Philip Berg, 68, is presiding over a hushed celebration of the Jewish harvest festival of Sukkoth. As the garden party proceeds, he remembers when he saw the Light. "When you meet your master, it takes but a minute," says Berg, referring to the late, hallowed Kabbalist Yehudah Brandwein. "The Light simply turned on." The enlightenment was passed on by marriage as well: Brandwein's niece became Berg's first wife. Since Berg met Brandwein in 1962, the Brooklyn-born leader of the Kabbalah Learning Center has pursued a single mission...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WHAT PROFITS THE KABBALAH? | 11/24/1997 | See Source »

...great pity of this is that Disney is such a master of pure fantasy--there is no need to get embroiled in historical fantasy. Disney has shown, time and again, that it can come up with a great story without needing a historical backdrop to provide a plot vehicle...

Author: By Adam J. Levitin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Rape of Clio: Reconciling Art and History | 11/21/1997 | See Source »

...think there are strong arguments for doing it, but there's no strong argument against it, so why not make the students happy?" said Lowell House Master William H. Bossert...

Author: By Caitlin E. Anderson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Masters Propose Greater Keycard Access in Houses | 11/20/1997 | See Source »

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