Word: springs
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School administrators learned the symbol's devilish significance at a seminar on cults conducted last spring at the University of Houston. (The peace sign was devised by British pacifists who combined the semaphore signs for N and D, standing for nuclear disarmament.) The proposed ban has drawn some wry comments from students. Quipped a twelve-year-old: "If they ban peace symbols, they'll have to ban basic geometry because of all its lines and circles...
...stance has strengthened the hand of the many religious groups that have waged an 18-year fight with corporations, seeking to influence policy through proxy battles at shareholders' meetings. Harrison Goldin, the comptroller of New York City and trustee of $30 billion in pension funds, led a campaign last spring to force Exxon's management to place an environmentalist on its board of directors...
...children. Nearly 80% of U.S. hotels offer kids-stay-free programs to guests, according to the American Hotel & Motel Association. Many also provide baby-sitting services, day care and activities from cooking classes in the hotel kitchen to kite flying. Many airlines, meanwhile, allowed children to fly free last spring, and some are still offering substantial discounts. Delta hands out Mickey Mouse visors, Alaska Airlines provides pencils and slates, and Midway Airlines serves up children's meals on Frisbees...
Although the University initially planned to build a hotel on the Gulf site, President Derek C. Bok this spring announced that the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) would be allowed to develop the land for academic purposes. FAS has not announced a plan for the land, but possible alternatives include a library, an office building or a hotel that could be converted for academic...
Bentsen's ranch is closed to the public. But every week or so, Calvin and his wife Marge throw a little picnic for a few of their friends near the rhino pastures. On a balmy spring evening, lightweight tables and chairs are set out under a mesquite tree, just as they would be in an African hunting camp in the shadow of Kilimanjaro. Marge, a silver-haired Texas beauty dressed for the bush in denim and turquoise, lays on a simple feast of guacamole and chicken- salad sandwiches. Calvin uncorks bottles of fine South African grand...