Word: baptism
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...holy statue, he spotted something of greater interest-a painting that hinted of the early Rembrandt. Defoer spent the next two years in research trying to verify his discovery. This week he jubilantly announced his museum's acquisition of Rembrandt's Doop van de Kamerling (The Baptism of the Moor), the artist's second oldest known work. Painted in 1626 when Rembrandt was only 19, the 25-in. by 19-in. discovery depicts the baptism of an Ethiopian courtier by Deacon Philip, as recounted in Acts 8. Defoer, 39, declined to name the painting's last...
This was all exasperated by the fact that my baptism into the Beanpot coincided with the transformation of the tournament into a veritable B.U. Invitational. Including last night's shootout with icemen from the Heights, the Terriers have skated off with the laurels eight of the last 11 years...
...fall, run much like a jovial high-school class meeting and held in a cramped basement room of the church--offered plans for a visit to the new $15 million, all marble Oz-like Mormon temple in Washington, D.C. ("a rocket base," one Mormon called it), a demonstration of baptism, and a McCarthy-era training film on missionary work...
...Yale, where he earned a Phi Beta Kappa key and a degree in economics in 1948. Wishing to escape the shadow of his father's success, he migrated to Texas, co-founded the Zapata Petroleum Corp. in 1953 and accumulated a fortune. In 1964, Bush got his baptism in the Texas political wars when he was defeated in a race for the Senate by liberal Democrat Ralph Yarborough. Lowering his sights, Bush was elected to two terms in the House from his home district in Houston. He again sought a Senate seat in 1970, and again was beaten-this...
...School, failed his bar exam and went into the electronics business. Raised a Southern Baptist, he was restless and unhappy until at 26 he decided to become a minister and studied at New York City's Biblical Seminary. There he became involved with Pentecostalists who were claiming baptism of the Holy Spirit and speaking in tongues. He also became something of a fanatic: he sold nearly everything he and his wife owned when she was away. His explanation: the Bible directed him to "sell your possessions and give alms...