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...capable, all that will burn away. Sometimes when she speaks, she acknowledges, "It's like the fire falls, and the Lord just pours out," as happened with the prophet Elijah. "If a man walks in the door," at the revivals, she asks, "why should we get all bent out of shape?" Addressing the ladies of Raleigh, she invokes John 20, where Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene at his tomb. "Jesus is telling Mary, a woman, to go tell his disciples, 11 men, her personal testimony with the risen Christ, and to give out his message," declaims Lotz. "When people have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Preacher's Daughter | 5/1/2000 | See Source »

...were standing near the back entrance of University Hall. Peering through the basement window into the Harvard Prize Office, I saw a man bent over a typewriter. I went over to the window and tapped on the glass. Eventually he saw me, fiddled with some levers and pulleys and cracked open the window...

Author: By David I.L. Beecher, | Title: Showdown at University Hall | 4/25/2000 | See Source »

...high oil prices (which have risen as a result of supply shortages, not an irrational demand). We are living out Paul Simon's prophetic song that celebrates the joy of being Born at the Right Time. We can continue to do so, absent a rogue Fed chairman bent on creating a "visible" hand in free markets--his own. It is time for the Fed to allow an economic expansion that could do wonders to eliminate poverty and level the playing field for all participants. JOHN STUBBS Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 24, 2000 | 4/24/2000 | See Source »

...Your story on the Pope's trip to the Holy Land [THE PAPAL PILGRIMAGE, April 3] sent a message of hope to the world. How can a frail figure, a "bent old man," evoke such respect in Christians as well as non-Christians? His presence in the world and his timing have, as you said, helped change history--in Russia, Cuba and perhaps now in the Middle East. The Pope has shown the world what true leadership is all about. RICARDO RAMIREZ-GASTON Burke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 24, 2000 | 4/24/2000 | See Source »

...those in need. "Judith and Holofernes," a mid-16th-century oil painting, shows Judith holding the severed head of Holofernes, the general whose army she has just defeated. A marble statue of Eve, created by Auguste Rodin in 1899, shows Eve with arms wrapped around her body and head bent down in shame. Contrast this image of a woman whose weakness instigated the fall of mankind with Mary's role as a redeemer through the birth of Christ...

Author: By Anya Wyman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: There's Something About Mary | 4/21/2000 | See Source »

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