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This new confidence was signaled in 1985 when Oxford University's E.P. Sanders proclaimed in Jesus and Judaism, "The dominant view today seems to be that we can know pretty well what Jesus was out to accomplish, that we can know a lot about what he said, and that those two things make sense within the world of 1st century Judaism." Thanks to historical and textual research, "in a sense we are much closer to the New Testament than scholars were 500 or 1,000 years ago," says Father James Swetnam of Rome's Pontifical Biblical Institute...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Who Was Jesus? | 8/15/1988 | See Source »

...that Huffington makes no interesting points about Picasso the man, only that she wants too much to thrust her conclusions upon the reader. To break down a myth is a difficult thing, though, and Huffington is not an effective enough demagogue to accomplish the task...

Author: By Susan B. Glasser, | Title: Killing the Legends | 7/22/1988 | See Source »

...were doing. But that, of course, is what they are paid to do. In a relationship that is still rooted in the paradox of deterrence, the soldiers will have their say, including their veto over what the diplomats -- or, for that matter, the President and the General Secretary -- can accomplish at one meeting. Or four...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Summit's Good Soldiers | 6/13/1988 | See Source »

Barrington Moore [a social scholar known for his classic work, The Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy]... gave a speech which changed my life. He said protest was nice, but, let's face it, it's not going to accomplish what we need to accomplish. America was a `bastion of reaction the world over...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: `I Thought the Movement Was Going to Be My Life.' | 6/9/1988 | See Source »

This past year O'Neill finished third in national competition. While O'Neill failed to win the national title for a second consecutive season, he did accomplish another goal. He won the International Fencing Association Championship, the one major title he failed to win in his first three years...

Author: By Casey J. Lartigue jr., | Title: Wearing an Epee Crown | 6/9/1988 | See Source »

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