Word: anointers
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...Ashcroft notes in his 1998 book, Lessons from a Father to His Son, Kings Saul and David were anointed in much the same way. So are England's monarchs. Yet the ad hoc ceremony hints at the kind of enthusiastic, free-wheeling worship that has historically marked Ashcroft's branch of evangelical Christianity. (Some Pentecostals anoint their houses and TVs.) It also happens to be a style his denomination has downplayed as it has moved into the mainstream, a move that no one exemplifies better than Ashcroft...
...Perhaps the Florida legislature will read into the ruling a veiled signal from SCOTUS that the standard for messing with state lawmakers is pretty high. They may be further emboldened to use a special session to loudly anoint their own winner before the Dec. 12 elector-designation deadline...
...That's the day Florida has to send one slate of 25 electors or the other - Bush's or Al Gore's - to Washington to anoint one candidate as the choice of Florida voters and thus the president-elect of the United States. And the fact that these seven justices - who constantly interrupted their petitioners with questions and what-ifs - immediately started bandying the date about was a hint that the highest court in Florida has in its seven minds to do more than interpret the law. It may be looking for a grand solution...
Bagging Seagram would anoint Messier as a media mogul alongside the Murdochs and Redstones of the world. As Messier recently told TIME, "Fusing content and media [distribution] has been Vivendi's strategy since Day One." He says the merged entity will become "a totally integrated group with full control over its operations...
...19th, and the Red Sox find themselves in first place in the AL East, seemingly validating Sports llustrated's outlandish World Series prediction. Already, you can hear the Red Sox faithful hail the inevitable end of The Curse, anoint Carl Everett the American League MVP and, perhaps worst of all, sweat Pedro Martinez even harder than usual...