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...built a shrine to them composed of a constant loop of all their albums. I wept, fasted, prayed--they were the new rock. They embodied this thing, this ideal, this "alternative." Then they broke up, shortly after tagging along with U2 on their consumerific Zoo TV tour (any augur could have seen where such a pairing would lead). So I heard no more from my little forest nymphs. Black Francis changed his name again and again and put out a mediocre album. Kim Deal joined up with her twin sister and started making rather uninspired pop. Until...
...such a metamorphosis as dangerous as critics claim, a movement toward Christian-male domination? In a society locked in debate over the widespread belief that--in polite terms--"men are pigs," the commitments called for in the official guidebook, Seven Promises of a Promise Keeper, augur a refreshing, selfless transformation. Promise No. 7 commits members to obey the great commandment in the Gospel of Mark: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength...and Love your neighbor as yourself." It is a sentiment both...
CAIRO: Unlike the broad Arab coalition that supported the U.S during Operation Desert Storm, most Arab nations view Tuesday's attacks on Iraq with consternation. Egypt and Syria said that they fear the U.S attacks will make an already bleak situation in Iraq worse. "The developments do not augur well for the people of Iraq or stability in the region," said Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa. Egypt, he declared, was "really disturbed" by the situation. Syria's Foreign Ministry issued an even stronger statement, calling the attack "an action that violates the U.N charter and international law." Only Saudi Arabia...
...Balkans as a mission of peace [BOSNIA, Dec. 11], it is abundantly clear that the preoccupation with U.S. world leadership, nato's credibility, robust rules of military engagement, use of overwhelming force and the like have made genuine peacekeeping in Bosnia a secondary issue. This does not augur well for either its short-term or long-term success. IGOR D. RADOVIC New York City...
...speaking to the deepest needs of African Americans at a time when many other black leaders have been conspicuously silent, Farrakhan has injected himself into the very heart of the ongoing racial debate--and shows no signs of going away. Nightline's Ted Koppel--as close to an official augur as American culture has--captured the prevailing spirit when he acknowledged last week, a tad reluctantly, that Farrakhan "may have to be called one of the most influential leaders in black America...