Word: tripping
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...vast new edifice in the model socialist town of Nowa Huta was reluctantly allowed by a government that witlessly believed a deterioration of faith would follow a deterioration of facilities. After he became Pope in 1978, John Paul II did not forget the frustration. Preparing for his first trip back to Poland, in 1979, the Pontiff took advantage of his countrymen's continued fervor in opposition to Communism's ongoing freeze. In negotiating with a beleaguered regime that did not want to appear to be blocking the papal journey, John Paul forced a promise to end the near total...
...occasion this time was Margaret Thatcher's 3,164th day in office, making her Britain's longest continuously serving Prime Minister this century. The previous record holder was Herbert Asquith, who occupied 10 Downing Street from 1908 to 1916. The achievement so pleased Thatcher, 62, that she postponed a trip to Africa to toast the occasion with her husband Denis. The Prime Minister has often dropped hints that she is prepared to "go on and on," raising speculation that she aims to break the British record for all time. The competition: Sir Robert Walpole, whose 21 consecutive years of service...
Trustee Sponsors Students' Trip To South Africa...
...honorary trustee of Oberlin College will be sponsoring a trip to South Africa this month for three Oberlin students studying the impact of economic sanctions and divestment on the country. The Oberlin Review reported...
INITIALLY meant for Harvard students only, the idea blossomed into an international gathering designed to "to revive a spirit of cooperation between America and Europe," said Shustorovich, who organized the Harvard delegation's trip...