Word: spirits
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...President Abdurrahman Wahid arrived at the presidential palace in central Jakarta last October, his spirits and those of the country were riding high. After 32 years of Suharto's dictatorship and 17 months of interim rule by Suharto's deputy B.J. Habibie, Indonesia was finally getting a reformist President who preached tolerance and democratic openness. But as the blind Muslim cleric and his family mounted the palace steps, a cry rang out. A dukun--a Javanese soothsayer--who habitually accompanies Wahid called the party to a halt. He said he could see the "big man," the spirit of Suharto, standing...
...wind blowing out to sea, forced many of the ships to use their motors instead of moving by sail. Some ships moved in without the sails deployed, while others kept their sails up in the spirit of the event...
...With Or Without You - U2 2. Patience - Guns 'N Roses 3. Can't Help Falling In Love - Elvis Presley 4. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana 5. Revolution - Beatles 6. You've Lost That Loving Feeling - Righteous Brothers 7. Mysterious Ways - U2 8. Man In The Mirror - Michael Jackson 9. Paranoid - Black Sabbath 10. Sister Awake - The Tea Party
...minor league baseball games, community picnics, jazz festivals, swamp tours and innovative schools. We fished and played cards and tested the limits of wireless technology from our boat. I hope that in addition to the serious topics we write about, we have been able to convey some of this spirit of fun, along with our deepened appreciation for what makes this country so special...
...playing tenor or soprano sax, shows off a sweet, sinuous tone; when he reinterprets Reinhardt's classic Nuages with a bass sax, the muscular sound is distancing at first, but then it wraps itself around the listener like an anaconda. This CD does more than invoke Reinhardt's spirit; it has a life...