Word: mecca
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...work of Saudi Sunnis, since this would suggest a deeper opposition to the pro-American Saudi regime than had previously been thought." Although the Saudi government would like to have Al-Sayegh returned, don't look for any moves that might upset Iran until after the annual Haj to Mecca concludes in mid-April, MacLeod notes. "The pilgrimage of hundreds of thousands of devout Muslims is a major source of prestige for the Al Saud family throughout the world, and the Saudi government is determined to make it go as smoothly as possible. It will not be eager to antagonize...
...work of Saudi Sunnis, since this would suggest a deeper opposition to the pro-American Saudi regime than had previously been thought." Although the Saudi government would like to have Al-Sayegh returned, don't look for any moves that might upset Iran until after the annual Haj to Mecca concludes in mid-April, MacLeod notes. "The pilgrimage of hundreds of thousands of devout Muslims is a major source of prestige for the Al Saud family throughout the world, and the Saudi government is determined to make it go as smoothly as possible. It will not be eager to antagonize...
...Walker Art Center, the custodial staff has to be careful not to leave a pail and a mop unattended during exhibition hours lest it attract a crowd of Minneapolitans struck by the angularity of the thing, the openness, the vocabulary of liquidity. Minneapolis, not St. Paul, is a mecca for performance artists, people who can't sing or dance or write or act but who can crawl through a pile of truck tires wearing a shower curtain and wave a flashlight and say things. Minneapolitans lean forward and watch them, perspiring, afraid that some subtlety may escape them. St. Paulites...
...Prophet is ushered into paradise for his encounter with God. It was in heaven, according to one traditional tale, that Muhammad, on Moses' advice, bargained down God's original demand of 50 prayers a day to five, the number of times a day each devout Muslim must face Mecca...
...think Kansas City has failed to take enough pride in being a mecca for American culinary delicacies that do not happen to be delicate. The city council has never even responded to the suggestion I made years ago, for instance, that one of the Missouri River bridges be named in memory of Chicken Betty Lucas, a virtuoso of the cast-iron skillet...