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...called the postmodern state of Bible studies. Experts had long considered sources for the Gospels undreamed of by Luther: passages from Luke and Matthew, for instance, that did not reflect the earlier written Mark but corresponded to one another were ascribed to a document known as Q, a bare-bones collection of sayings. In the 1980s, radicals took a large step farther. They suggested that only Q and similarly minimalist early documents, real and notional, might constitute authentic reporting; the rest of the Gospels was mostly tacked-on religious revisionism...
...likes to open mail. She said, 'Open this.' So I opened it. I almost dropped." Lucretia Wigand says through her lawyer that "the notoriety of the claims and counterclaims between Dr. Wigand and the tobacco industry have caused tremendous stress to the family." Wigand now lives in a bare bachelor apartment, while his two daughters, Rachel, 9, who has spina bifida and requires expensive daily medical treatments, and Nicole, 7, remain with their mother. Lucretia's job at a Louisville department store offers adequate medical coverage for Rachel, whose condition is improving...
Robinson portrays Parker with deft restraint, convincing us that he has resurrected the sad genius on the bare, black stage. This transcendence is successful in part because Robinson intersperses his monologue with lengthy performances of Parker's own saxophone solos: "Koko", "Warming up a Riff", and "Parker's Mood". Robinson plays so well and so compellingly that we can only imagine the sublime experiences of hearing Parker himself play live. The sax provides a respite from the depressing facts of Parker's life; when Robinson stops playing, we miss its mellow loveliness. The instrument itself becomes a symbol...
...Oval Office session that evening, Gingrich presented the proposal he had cooked up at the restaurant, and argued that he had come a long way. But then came what looks like a defining moment in the talks, and in the whole bare-knuckle brawl. The Speaker warned that he would not allow a bill to come to a floor vote if he could not expect to win 200 Republican votes, out of 236 total. He had two reasons for drawing that line: first, he is determined that any balanced-budget plan have a distinctly Republican stamp; and second, he wants...
...prop, and incorporated their famous arguments into gag lyrics for their duets. They worked literally nose to nose: Jerry would lick Dean's face; Dean would flick his cigarette ashes in Jerry's mouth (and lick Jer's face). It was primal therapy on the 12-inch screen, stripping bare a volatile marriage in all its grotesque intimacy--a bizarre comic display of love and resentment. No way it could last...