Word: wondering
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that. But Herbert Kalmbach [the President's personal lawyer at the time], according to his testimony before the Senate committee, kept an even larger sum of money-left over from the 1968 Presidential campaign-in safe-deposit boxes. If you have any knowledge of mathematics, it makes you wonder, but that is Kalmbach's testimony...
...means any "struggle" or "striving" in the cause of Allah-such as leading a righteous life. But in other sections of the holy book, revealed to the Prophet after he and his followers had begun the successful conquest of their Arab neighbors, jihad takes on a military tone. Small wonder: Mohammed is said to have led 26 or 27 battles...
...They felt they had to send a very forceful message to the president because even they are beginning to wonder if the president listens to anyone any more--they want to make sure their Republican party doesn't suffer," the source said...
...mosques and markets, an Israeli jet, easily visible to the eye, explodes in a tiny flash and a puff of whitish smoke. Seconds later, a dull thump is heard as it crashes to the ground. The fighter plane was the victim of a "Soviet SAM," as Damascenes call their wonder weapon. The successes of the Soviet missiles are a major reason why the almost 900,000 citizens of Damascus seem relatively relaxed and unworried, even though the war is only 23 miles away...
...secrecy is a tradition and also helps make Commencement a drawing card for curious alumni who, Nickerson says, "always wonder who Harvard will honor." And of course there is always a great deal of speculation before Commencement on who the degree recipients will be. The best way to find out beforehand--though not totally reliable--is to check the registers of Boston and Cambridge hotels in early June for famous names, and to watch the newspapers for announcements of mysterious trips to Boston by American and foreign political leaders...