Word: tombs
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...unlikely replay of the civil rights struggle, the members' welcome move to equality was stymied by the club's tradition-bound graduate board of directors, which opposed the decision and changed the locks on the Skull and Bones "tomb." The Bones' graduate board even proposed an absurd compromise plan calling for "separate but equal" facilities for women...
...long-overdue decision to admit women to the prestigious organization is encouraging. Whether or not current Skull and Bones members have the legal right to ignore their graduate board's wishes is questionable but really secondary. If Bones members are unable to gain access to the tomb, they can find another meeting place...
When Colombian police began cracking down on the narcotics trade, traffickers coined a defiant slogan: "Better a tomb in Colombia than a cell in the United States." Now that drug kingpins can avoid extradition under a new plea- bargaining agreement, a cell in Colombia has become a very attractive compromise. Since Medellin drug-cartel leaders Jorge, Fabio and Juan David Ochoa surrendered to Colombian authorities in recent months, they have been housed in a custom-tailored facility. Angry U.S. drug-enforcement officials complain that the Ochoa brothers are enjoying posh accommodations equipped with fancy furniture, stereos and cable television...
...Jake, 35. "I tell her instead that it's not what I'm for, it's what I'm against. I'm against the war." Jake recalls a man who entered the store wearing camouflage and presented his brother and him with a calendar bearing a photo of the tomb of the unknown soldier. All the dates but Jan. 15 had been crossed...
...when an unmarried relative was often the backbone of the community, with the leisure to do what those with children did not have time for. Like Henry Higgins, Souter may be happiest spending "his evenings in the silence of his room; ((in)) an atmosphere as restful as an undiscovered tomb...