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...Kerry, like many other Democrats, never truly understood this reality. He did not bother to visit the Southern Baptist Convention or any other fundamentalist group to say, Look, we're going to disagree on some issues, but there are lots of things we have in common, and I want to hear your point of view. He did not take a "listening tour" through rural Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi; he simply ignored the South. When Whoopi Goldberg lewdly compared the President to a body part in her southern hemisphere, Kerry-who was in the audience-came onstage and said entertainers like...
...singles player, struggled to regain top form due to nagging injuries. Though he lost in straight sets in his first-round matchup, he defeated Henner Nehles of UNLV 6-4, 6-4 in the consolation draw on Friday before falling to Dante Cipulli of Southwest Baptist...
...feared that a lawsuit against one club could affect the Inter-Club Council and thus the other clubs, says Sears, former president of the council. But that was “paranoia,” he says. “It’s like a bunch of small Baptist churches. Each one rises and falls...
...ears and made a run for it. I blazed past the Harvard Piano Society (I don’t play piano). I refused to be seduced by the Harvard Dance Team (I’m in a relationship). And I dodged the holy glances of the Korean Baptist Association (I’m not Baptist or Korean). Victory was mine...
...those institutions over questions of excessive CEO pay, insider transactions, sweetheart loans and conflicts of interest on hospital boards. Congress recently held hearings on hospital billing and abusive collection tactics. The attorneys general in Illinois and Mississippi have been investigating similar issues. In Mississippi, the U.S. Attorney recently sued Baptist Health Systems, accusing it of paying kickbacks to doctors and filing fraudulent cost reports. (Baptist denies the charges.) Bills are also pending in California and Illinois that would clamp down on some collection tactics and force hospitals to provide more charity care...