Word: worshiped
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...Montana canyon may hold some answers. Last spring, when the Interior Department ruled that Anschutz had a right to drill here, it touched off a negotiating process as complicated as a Native dance. Tribes from the Comanche to the Crow, who had long used the canyon as place of worship and regard it (as do anthropologists) as a living link to their collective pasts, petitioned Washington to reverse its policy. The BLM stood pat, so the tribes went to Anschutz--which is run by Philip Anschutz, a billionaire with an eye for hidden value--and to the press. Perhaps mindful...
...favor of the Good News Club of Milford, New York, granting the group, which urges children to "give God first place in your life," the right to meet after hours on public school grounds. The Milford school district had contended the group?s activities were tantamount to religious worship, and, citing separation of church and state, barred the club from using public school rooms for its meetings...
...glorious house of worship. The walls are gray, austere, adorned with pictures of important and beloved figures. Icons and talismans from faraway lands lie about, recalling passages of days gone by. A Chinese lantern adds a taste of pageantry, while a gentle murmur emanates from an acolyte...
...successors, in part by riding his daughter's image as far as it will go. Now 16, Aimee graces Aimster's home page in a split evening dress, Britney Spears hairdo and a camera-melting pout, under the slogan "Can't Touch This!" She has become a figure of worship in dotcom offices. It's hard to tell exactly how much her presence has affected downloads, but more than 4.4 million people now use Aimster, and 200,000 more join every week...
...charts every year but one between 1941 and 1962. And we'll bet you heard it more in the last few months than the official all-time top seller, "Candles in the Wind." The success of the Elton John disc was due to a convulsive spasm of Di-die worship; Der Bingle singing Berlin is, better or worse, for the ages...