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...Teresas" are a classic example. St. Teresa of Avila was a mystic and 16th century religious reformer who, according to legend, stood mired in the mud on one of her journeys and cried out to God: "If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You don't have many!" St. Therese of Lisieux was a sickly 19th century nun who died young and unknown. Her principal virtue was an awesome courage in the face of her long and excruciating fatal illness. Similarly, the church has sainted kings and rebels against kings, noblemen and tramps, virgins...
...homemade grenade he is carrying and also snatches his pistol, a .38 revolver. He is Velez-with his once bushy Afro shaved. The police also arrest another man, wanted in the bank robberies. Four hours later, in Brooklyn, they find Car Owner Hernandez, real name Eco Avila. After Velez, 26, is booked on charges of double homicide, Lieutenant Yuknes says, "We've been home twice since this started." But he can't go home yet. There is a morning press conference. The mayor will show up and say it was "a terrific arrest...
...another vein, many spiritual pilgrims are returning to an appreciation of mysticism. More Jews today-especially the young-are delving into the mysteries of Hasidism, and Christians are re-examining their own great mystics: Meister Eckhart, St. John of the Cross, St. Teresa of Avila and Sören Kierkegaard. Many mainstream Protestants and Catholics, while staying mostly within their churches, are caught up in the rapidly expanding Pentecostal movement. The Pentecostalists seek to renew their belief through an ecstatic personal encounter with the Holy Spirit, manifested especially in glossolalia, the speaking of mysterious tongues. These neo-Pentecostalists tend...
Barbed Wire. The fans attending the boxing match in a Cali bull ring also went wild when U.S. Middleweight Reginald Jones was awarded a close decision over Colombia's Bonifacio Avila Jones and his handlers had to be escorted out of the arena under a barrage of rocks and bottles. Noting the crowd's partisan cheering throughout the games, U.S. Decathlon Star Russ Hodge said: "They don't like us. Even in Russia they gave us better applause than they do here for a good performance...
People's Champ. Breaking from the No. 7 post position, Cañonero surprised the chalk players by taking the lead at the clubhouse turn and holding it for more than a mile. Avila, who rode high in the irons trying to conserve his mount, said later: "I just couldn't hold him back." Then rounding the final turn, the challengers came on. Pass Catcher, a 30-to-l shot, broke through and battled Jim French to the wire to win by three-fourths of a length. A tired Cañonero faded to fourth behind Bold Reason...