Word: arad
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...Dead Sea. The potash works are still flourishing, but workers no longer live near Sodom. At the lowest point on earth, the heat is so intense that life is literally unbearable, even in the age of air-conditioning. So laborers live at the new city of Arad in the Northern Negev and commute to work...
...which is a mite embarrassing to Coach Arad McCutchan, 52. Arad is an odd name ("My great-grandfather picked it out of the Bible. It means 'a wild ass' "), and McCutchan is an odd coach. A balding, soft-spoken math teacher, he has a notion that the game ought to be played for fun. He wears flaming red socks ("for luck"), dresses the Purple Aces in bright orange road uniforms and warmup robes of yellow, red and green because "I like some color, and purple is hard to see." McCutchan limits his own recruiting to the environs...
...many committeemen believe that pulpit turnover prevents both preachers and congregations from growing stale, and that the present method is the only one compatible with the policy of churches-such as Baptists, Presbyterians and Disciples of Christ-opposed to a strong central authority. Argues New York Lawyer Arad Riggs, a committeeman of the Bronxville Reformed Church: "It brings the leaders to the top. It brings out the best in the ministry and the best in the churches...
...this same upblazing of indignation. In a letter to Time & Tide, he recalled the visit to London of Austrian General Julius Jacob Haynau in 1850. Haynau was known in Britain as "The Hyena" because, in suppressing the Hungarian war, he executed 13 commanding generals at the fortress of Arad, and ordered women stripped and flogged in the streets for speaking for rebels...
...clubs and men presenting the cases this week are as follows: Tomorrow: Edward Warren Club, made up of Arad Riggs 3L and B. G. Habberton 3L versus. The Sayre Club, composed of J. W. Merriam 3L and Milton Schilback 3L. Friday: The Bryce Club, which includes D. W. Raudenbush '31 and H. C. Rose 3L. versus The Van Devanter Club, composed of A. F. Reel 3L and B. P. Cooper...