Word: secretes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Fire Came to the Earth People (St. Martin's Press; $9.95) speaks of another kind of legend. The moon goddess Mawu, say the West Africans, wanted to keep fire for herself. The lion, panther, elephant and antelope vainly tried to persuade her to part with the secret. Then the chameleon had an idea. Straw was gathered and given to the tortoise. He sneaked it up to the sacred flame. The glowing embers were gathered under his shell and valorously brought home, safe forever from the jealousy of Mawu. The secret of Susan L. Roth's retelling lies in the strong...
...space shuttle reflects these tendencies; of the next seven missions, three are secret military shots and two are for the investigation of Jupiter and Venus. One cannot deny the prudence of orbital reconnaissance or the nobility of interplanetary research, but our recent record in putting up communication satellites is not a good one, nor has our progress toward performing significant technological research in orbit been very swift. The shuttle itself may not be the optimal vehicle when war is no longer a significant threat. As James Bamford, author of "The Puzzle Palace" noted in Monday's Christian Science Monitor, "Nobody...
Parr told the court that William Moran asked his alleged victim not to tell anyone about "their secret...
...vote in the New England delegation after Morrison was knocked out on the first ballot. Although Kennedy needed only one of Morrison's three supporters on the second ballot to win, he came up short after one of his original backers switched to Atkins' side. Since the vote was secret and the ballots were destroyed afterwards, there is no way of knowing which delegate switched votes...
...Faculty Committee seeks counsel from all members of the community. Nothing is secret about our admissions policy or the criteria we use. Public reports are made annually and in periodic statements such as the one we released last January on the topic of Asian American admissions. Members of the Asian American community have been active participants in all phases of our admissions process, including the formulation of admission policy...