Word: rebirthing
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...once again, we embark on the frigate of the new semester, this magical time of discovery and rebirth and, of course, the sweet, sweet cursing of first-years lotteried out of Core classes. Yes, the upperclass students bask in the glow of their years until the unfortunate announcement of (dear God, must we go on) a random lottery...
...worked in the Far East for 11 years (most recently as head of TIME's Hanoi bureau), but his father Frank Gibney Sr. headed the same TIME Tokyo bureau in the late '40s and early '50s, when he reported on the first stirrings of Japan's postwar economic rebirth. This week Gibney follows in his father's journalistic footsteps, watching Japan climb out of economic doldrums and prepare for a critical election. This is a time of unusual ferment in the normally staid nation, says Gibney. "The story isn't so much about next week's election...
...alcoholism and despair by living as their forebears did: sleeping in teepees, traveling on horseback and learning their once forbidden language and ceremonies from tribal elders. "This camp is more than a camp," says Gregg Bourland, chairman of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe. "In a way it is the rebirth of the Great Sioux Nation...
What triggered Dole's spiritual rebirth remains shrouded. In an interview, her sister-in-law Bunny, who is married to John, is asked whether it had anything to do with her not having children. Bunny, who is religious and also childless, says softly, "We've discussed this off and on. She loves children, but she took not having them in stride. She never breathed the idea that God had another plan." Bunny pauses before finishing her thought, adding, "But women's arms are made to hold children. There's always an emptiness." When asked the same question about her daughter...
...attempt to become the first man to win the 200 and the 400 in the same Summer Games. Olympic and international track officials had to rearrange the schedule to accommodate Johnson, but the payoff for both him and them could be immense: acclaim as the next Jesse Owens, the rebirth of track and, oh, yes, gazillions of dollars...