Word: asceticism
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The difficult question that this raises is, “Where do you draw the line? Sure, you can live an ascetic lifestyle and give all your money away to charity, but is that the only morally acceptable course of action?”
Whereas La Diosa was something of an ascetic, however, scholars say that De Jesus's message is more typical of the branch of Pentecostal Christianity called Prosperity Gospel, which enjoys modest success here but is vastly popular in the developing world. De Jesus' literature is studded with recurrent use of...
Word of mouth is the ultimate form of marketing. Which could be a little difficult if your most knowledgeable staff members have taken a vow of silence. The owners and producers of Chartreuse--a liqueur made from 130 herbs and plants--are Carthusian monks who live an ascetic life dedicated...
We convened at 5 p.m. in the building at 1 Times Square (which is actually a triangle) for Treb's roll call, indoctrination and pep talk. As a member of this covenant I'm sworn to secrecy on matters of timing and mechanics - the technique, for example, for avoiding the...
The other day, while I was supposedly reading Spenser’s “The Faerie Queene” but actually watching Jay-Z videos on MTV.com, I came across the new video from the burlesque-dancers-turned-pop-stars known as the Pussycat Dolls. I watched it 40...