meridian

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Acupuncture’s specialized needle placements restore the balance of yin and yang by reducing disruptions along the meridians, improving the flow of qi and promoting healing.

From Washington Post

No one’s contemplating, as Conrad suggested in “The Secret Agent,” blowing up the prime meridian, in the form of the Greenwich Observatory.

From New York Times

“I was raised Catholic and Jewish. I’ve prayed in churches, meditated in temples. I’ve studied Chinese meridian theory. I haven’t practiced Scientology in close to five years and it’s no longer part of my life.”

From Los Angeles Times

The school board said it chose Meridian to represent the school’s international perspective; a meridian is a global line of longitude that runs through both poles.

From Washington Times

For more than a century scientists have looked at a divide - at the 100th meridian - that splits the country with dry and brown conditions to the west and wet and green ones to the east.

From Washington Times