Word: pasadena
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...said to have killed between 2,000 and 4,000 of their opponents. Getachew Mekasha, former Ethiopian Ambassador to Egypt, who defected in March, reckons that there are 25,000 political prisoners in Ethiopian jails. Says Mekasha, who is now teaching at California's Ambassador College in Pasadena: "The people in power in Addis Ababa today believe in the blind application of force. They use Marxist jargon because it is convenient and in keeping with the trends, but they rule through repression, indiscriminate murder and terror...
...amid melting mounds of snow. The marchers themselves--the South Boston VFW Post, Boy Scouts, the parish Knights of Columbus, the Catholic Youth Organization, and even the Harvard University Band--were amateurish compared to those who appear in the parades of most large cities, but this show was no Pasadena spectacular intended for viewed from a cordoned-off curbside...
...caught in an Atlantic storm, carried aloft and sent, sail billowing, on a journey to the moon. Later storytellers launched ships with sails on even more fanciful space trips. But none of these fictional voyages was as remarkable as the mission now being planned for NASA by scientists at Pasadena's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. If all goes well, they will launch an unmanned spacecraft guided with a giant sail to rendezvous with Halley's comet when it next approaches...
...lowest rate was offered by a Pasadena savings and loan. If the salesman had $2,000 or more in a savings account, he could borrow on his passbook and pay 1 % more in interest on his loan than he received in interest on his savings. The high-end 22% rate was quoted by a finance company in Los Angeles. Some rates in between...
...since the day when King James I ruled Scotland is frisbee golf. In brief, the players try to toss frisbees into baskets fastened to poles while avoiding the natural hazards that strew the course. Three free courses are enjoying heavy traffic in Loss Angeles Country. The one in Pasadena attracts 5000 players a week. The 18-hole low score...