Word: armaggedon
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It’s the last Harvard game before the inexplicably keg-less armaggedon that will be Harvard-Yale takes over Harvard Stadium, and it’s gorgeous out. It’s also Take A Kid To The Game Day, and a small child on the Columbia side falls while scampering in the seats. He emerges, crying like a champion beneath the red Harvard banners that display Harvard’s championship history...
...City, the cultists were well-dressed, clean-cut individuals who easily passed for tourists. But an Israeli security official contends that the Concerned Christians were preparing for a "big provocation" on the Temple Mount aimed at instigating a war between Arabs and Jews that would culminate in Armaggedon. Deciding not to wait for the end of the world, the Israelis raided two houses where 14 cult members lived, taking in three men for investigation of conspiracy to commit a crime and to bomb holy places. Though they asked to go to Greece to join their fellow believers, all 14 Concerned...
Nowadays, everything in the movies is big. "Size does matter," and "bigger is better" are the two mantras which drive every new flick churning out of Hollywood's blockbuster factory. Godzilla and Armaggedon are the obvious examples--but the trend is beginning to infiltrate the once safe genres. What Dreams May Come, for instance, opens in theaters today with a love story that crosses both heaven and hell in order to make audiences feel. Do we really need perpetual "eye candy" to tell a story? Or more importantly, can a pure human drama still affect...
...merits. But playing these games' can turn one's head to mush. F'rinstance: the United States has more than 10,000 warheads pointed at the Soviet Union, ready to end the world as we know it to prevent the spread of Communism (not surprisingly, few conservatives include the armaggedon factor when playing moral equivalence games with South Africa). To be consistent, should we also turn our nuclear arsenal and our massive military might against P.W. Botha, Johannesburg, and Sun City? Let's ask Derek...
...student I have been involved with many dedicated others in the growing protest movement against nuclear arms. If any cause matters. I reasoned it's the cause of keeping life going--Armaggedon means the end of all causes, all hopes, and all of whatever, is valuable. Even so, I questioned my own sincerity: Why am I really getting involved? On a gut level, how much do I care? Why are these posters in my hands? Ultimately I told myself; "action is better than inaction's--I seem to believe in the cause...