Word: rising
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Wilson is the author of The Rise and Fall of the House of Windsor and, most recently, Paul: The Mind of the Apostle...
...they met and chatted about the work they loved, for no more than an hour. Diana helped Mother Teresa rise from her wheelchair, and the two of them emerged from a private conversation holding hands, to be greeted by squealing children in a crowd. Diana, in a cream-colored linen suit, stood over her companion, in her sari, the way Billie Burke dwarfed the Munchkins in The Wizard of Oz. They were affectionate toward each other, put their faces close to each other. Mother Teresa clasped her palms together in the Indian namaste, signifying both hello and farewell. The princess...
Zachary L. Shrier '99, an Orthodox student at Harvard, said that the suit-which has given rise to innumerable questions concerning Orthodox daily practices-has caused many to question their beliefs...
...convention. The weekend meeting will be held in Atlanta, far from Reed's Washington stomping grounds, as new leaders Don Hodel and Randy Tate look to re-energize a group that has hit a wall in its drive to expand its influence over American politics. "Movements of this kind rise or fall on whether the leadership can continue to have active folks down at the worker bee level," TIME's Laurence Barrett says. And, he adds, in the last eight months other factions in the religious right, such as the Family Research Council, have begun to steal the spotlight from...
...poll. Fifty-seven percent of respondents said they are better off than they were four years ago, up from 44 percent last year. But suprisingly only 43 percent are confident about their financial future, with most seeking more guarantees of financial security from business and government, and expecting a rise in inflation and mortgage rates. In fact, they've devoted so much brain power to bucks that respondents are thinking more about money (47 percent) than about sex (19 percent) ? although they still enjoy sex (38 percent) more than money (23 percent...