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...Whether true or not in Rumi's case, it is a fate that has certainly befallen the words of many another Asian mystic imported to American shores. Having outgrown its old orthodoxies while remaining profoundly hungry for the spiritual nutrition they once provided, the Western world has for decades been culling through the most alluring and exotic blooms of Eastern poetry and philosophy in search of a "spirituality" completely unencumbered by the spiky thorns of "religion." From the Zen masters embraced by the Beats of the '50s, to the Hindu holy men momentarily adopted by the Beatles...
...Only the French seemed bored by the event?until, that is, France beat Italy to arrive in the semifinals. Perhaps the nation was merely expecting inevitable disappointment, as had befallen the superb French team of 1986. But the 1998 ?quipe de France proved unbeatably special. A defense without a chink, and a midfield without peer, led by the incomparable Zinedine Zidane...
...just to thank, not just to express our most humble gratitude and then return to the rote and rhythm of our everyday lives. Instead, Thanksgiving should remind us to act. It should remind us that we owe thanks not only for the good will and fortune that have befallen us, but also, and more importantly, for the good deeds which others have blessed us with, for the selfless acts of kindness and love they have deliberately employed to enrich our lives. As such, Thanksgiving should compel us to reciprocate that selflessness, not only tomorrow, but every day of the year...
Citing the tragedies that have befallen children of pop in the past critics of teeny weenie bopper music complain that the music industry forces young kids to play roles for which they are not ready. Such critics argue that no child is capable of managing the stresses and strains of the notoriously fickle industry, and that to encourage young boys and girls to pursue pop-stardom on the road borders on child abuse. The early death of Patrick Waite from '80s pre-teen group Musical Youth (of "Pass the Dutchie" fame) is a prime example...
...tribulations, though, the most unfortunate tragedy has befallen Butler, who tore her anterior cruciate ligament in practice the first week of September and will now miss the entire season...