Word: sacredness
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At 6:40 p.m., Ochiai was surprised to see Mount Fuji out a left window. "I thought the plane was heading back to Haneda," she said. Actually, radar operators saw the aircraft make a wide circle at this point, fully 360°, near Japan's sacred mountain, which was far north...
For most of its 99-year history, the Coca-Cola Company has known only the sweet taste of success. This year, though, Coke seems unable to do anything right. First the Atlanta-based firm infuriated customers by changing the sacred formula of Coke. Then it had to swallow hard, admit...
It was in Memphis, after a concert in 1976. Springsteen and a couple of pals made a midnight pilgrimage out to Graceland, where rock's first real King still dwelled. Outside those gates, a certain madness took hold. The Boss wanted to meet Elvis, and he made a sudden, sprung...
Robinson has no use for modern strategy either. In a sport that touts the trendy Moneyball style of play, in which esoteric statistics guide decisions, Robinson doesn't know OPS (on-base percentage plus slugging, Moneyball's sacred stat) from UPS. "I don't like the computer," he says. "I...
these works as some of his most meaningful, and has donated them to the National Museum in Bogotá. Those paintings also draw criticism, however. "Most people said it was glorifying violence," he says. In 1995, Colombia's murky mixture of politics and gangsterism claimed a new victim: Botero's...