Word: baptism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...younger viewers, then, Forrest Gump serves as a gentle introduction to the '60s: baptism not by fire but by sound track. And to those who raged, suffered or sinned through that insane decade, the movie offers absolution with a love pat. Whaddaya know? We waged a stupid war that destroyed both another country and the best part of ourselves; we tore up our streets and our psyches in a kind of Cultural Revolution; we practically killed ourselves with drugs -- and it turns out we're not guilty. By allowing us to relive all the evils of recent history through invulnerably...
...Kate is hanging in there," Kleinfelder said. "It's kind of baptism by fire...
Sharpton is also well-connected with otherBlack leaders. For instance, the Rev. JesseJackson attended Sharpton's baptism into theBaptist church last month
Wade in the Water is a welcome baptism of knowledge. In 26 hour-long segments that begin airing this month on most NPR stations, the program is as entertaining and informative as the best documentary series on PBS, a sort of Eyes on the Prize for the ears. Each episode examines, through music, a part of the history of blacks in America -- in all covering 200 years of spirituals, hymns and gospel songs...
Bill Clinton, whose political baptism was a 1963 handshake with Kennedy, has so far failed to revive Camelot precisely because he has been unable to inspire Americans in the way that JFK did. He has invoked the Kennedy legacy through policy proposals (the National Service Act--a domestic Peace Corps), lofty ambiguities (the New Covenant--a Southern Baptist's New Frontier), and a series of staged events (Maya Angelo's inaugural poem a la Robert Frost, a Rose Garden reception for Boys' Nation 30 years--to the day--after Clinton's encounter with Kennedy...