Word: benedict
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...meeting with Clark, Bruno Kirby redefines the combined bluster, sleaze and obsequiousness of the typical New York City fringe dweller. Maximilian Schell is in high, black humor as a madly galloping gourmet chef (you don't want to think too hard about his plans for that dragon). And Paul Benedict's pomposity, pretentiousness and venality as a film theorist are a little marvel of meanness...
Protests immediately broke out at half a dozen schools where popular principals were let go. When Spry Elementary School principal Benedict Natzke was fired after twelve years on the job, some teachers deserted their classrooms to lobby for his reinstatement. Many students were divided in their loyalties. "The council is holding the school hostage," says Natzke. "Now we're worse off. We have local bureaucrats...
Judaism is an ancient religion with a complex theology, a comprehensive code of law and a large set of time-honored rituals. And like most religions, it is not very sympathetic to individualism or free thinking. Many forget that Judaism excommunicated one of history's greatest thinkers--Benedict Spinoza--for heresy...