Word: mysticism
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...Taliban's core supporters - a point underscored by the fact that Mullah Omar and most of the movement's senior leadership have never been captured. Unlike the sophisticated Arab operatives of al-Qaeda for whom Afghanistan was simply another stopover in a globalized jihad, the one-eyed peasant mystic mullah is still believed to be at large somewhere on home turf. (The Pashtun heartland spans the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.) And the fact that he hasn't been found suggests a measure of support among the local population...
...Crimson did just that, securing an opportunity to defend its national championship in Hawaii. In that team race championship, Harvard finished 17-0, while Tufts came in second at 13-4. Those roles were reversed earlier this season at the Friis Trophy; during that team racing event on Lake Mystic, the Jumbos captured first place and the Crimson ended up in third after losing a tiebreaker with Yale...
With the women’s team secure in its berth at the National Championships, the Harvard coed sailing team took to the waters of Lake Mystic, Somerville at the New England Team Race Championships this weekend looking to confirm its own spot at nationals...
...Mystic Lake is characteristically unpredictable and fluky, meaning the teams that do the best are the ones that are opportunistic and quick to adapt to changes in combinations,” Yu said...
...need to be more aggressive in the pre-start battles for position on the starting lines because Mystic Lake is always going to give you some erratic wind shifts,” Bischoff said...