Word: adheresent
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The theological split has long kept Shiite Iraq, Iran and Yemen apart from the rest of the Moslem world, which generally adheres to Sunnite doctrine. Last week Sheik Mahmoud Chaltout, 66, Nasser-appointed rector of Cairo's revered al-Azhar University (TIME, May 11), was dramatically pressing a drive...
Schisms. Buddhism split into two great branches: 1) the Hinayana, or Little Vehicle, which in modified form adheres to Buddha's original doctrines and survives in Ceylon and Southeast Asia; 2) the Mahayana, or Great Vehicle, which attaches importance to repetitive prayer and elaborate ritual, has taken on the...
Declared the rebel radio: "We have decided to form an Iraqi republic which adheres to full Arab unity and pray God to help us all." Shrilled another broadcast: "Today is a day to kill and be killed. Down with imperialist agents. Compatriots, now we can speak and breathe." Another broadcast...
"The wise politico carefully adheres to a bit of advice given by George Bernard Shaw: 'Treat a friend as a person who may some day become your enemy; an enemy as a person who may some day become your friend.' "
This realism is based on the completeness of the creation. Not only is it faithful to human consciousness, but it adheres strictly to its own internal laws, and the reader soon finds himself thumbing the appendix, absorbing lore and custom with enthusiasm which should shame every history teacher.