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...Festival draws its name from the jar of nectar in the Hindu creation story. The gods had fallen under a curse and had lost their strength. In order to regain it, they had to produce life-giving nectar by churning up oceans of milk. Lacking the energy to do so, they sought the help of their enemies, the demons, and offered them some of the nectar in return. When a jar of miraculous nectar finally appeared, the demons seized it and the gods pursued them. During the cosmic struggle, some drops from the jar of nectar fell at the sacred...
Galente is believed to have assisted another New York mobster, Anthony ("Tony Ducks") Corallo to regain control of one New York family by helping Corallo arrange the murder last month of its chief, Andimo Pappadio. Now, according to a Mafia insider, Galente will stop at nothing to take power: "If everybody don't get in line, there's gonna be a lot of heads rolling. Lillo's gonna wipe up the streets with a few people that didn't bow down to him when he come out of the joint [prison] or didn...
...Bosch jumped parole two years later to wander through Latin America, organizing anti-Castro actions and dodging arrest. Earlier this year, Bosch played a central role in evolving CORU's terrorist strategy. "People compulsorily cut off from freedom," Bosch says, "have a right to use any means to regain their liberty...
...appointed to his post as head of the bantustan government in 1963, when the bantustan was created for members of the Xhosa ethnic group (other Xhosas were resettled in the Ciskei bantustan, a contradiction of the apartheid dogma that claims bantustans are a way for ethnic groups to regain their traditional identity...
...pause that descended on the nation's economy last spring is hanging on much longer than almost anyone expected. Though most economists and businessmen are still confident that the recovery will soon regain its momentum after six months of quietly marking time, the sounds of cough and sputter in the economy, just three weeks before the election, are worrisome for President Ford. Earlier this year it seemed that the then steadily brightening picture in jobs, prices and profits, following the worst recession since World War II, would be Ford's strong suit in the campaign...