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Everything changed in the shock wave of the '60s, from the music and the clothes to the cultural icons. Eastern religions were in; the words mantra and ashram entered our vocabulary, and gurus emerged to offer us paths to enlightenment. A Hindu swami calling himself Maharishi Mahesh Yogi introduced Transcendental Meditation to the West and collected celebrity followers; and a fired Ivy League psychology professor named Richard Alpert went to India and became Ram Dass, servant of God. Three decades later, they are both back in the news...
...price. Then there's her habit of turning up next to Bill Clinton regularly at party events. Last year she named Clinton her baby girl's godfather, throwing a party for the infant that drew an array of Hollywood and political pals, plus a rabbi, a nun and a swami...
Muralidharan, a native of India, spent six years studying under the guidance of a swami, a traditional Hindu spiritual leader...
...this year the club members have been discussing an edition of the Bhagavad Gita, a traditional Hindu text, edited by Swami Chinmayananda...
After TD's full-scale debut here in Week 8, L.I. Slim has emerged as the swami of the moment, posting an impressive 9-2 mark with one to play. Kansas City comes in at 6-5, better than Paul Maguire but good only for second place in this space. Both have the Colts tonight, so the weekend's excitement is over, and that includes tonight's game. Lesson of the week: The Niners, floating atop the NFC West, may be getting bored. And there just isn't an apple small enough not to get stuck in Denver's throat...