Word: blessing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Francisco's venerable A.C.T. troupe is reviving its renowned 1976 production, absent since 1993. Says director of marketing Robert Sweibel: "It's the closest thing we have to a surefire hit, and it helps us underwrite more adventurous programming." Theater managers across the country could chime in. So God bless Dickens, from...
Having seen clergy of various traditions bless dogs, kitchens, boats, books, vacations, and soccer fields, I cannot imagine denying a blessing to two men who love one another. Such denial would be deeply discriminatory. On the other hand, unless the laws change and the blurred line between ecclesiastical and civil authority is redrawn, the possibility of a same-sex marriage cannot in fact be decided by the Reverend Mr. Gomes, nor can Harvard, powerful as it is, settle the issue with policy-making. --Peter Kosewski Radcliffe College Communications Office
...Wind Beneath My Wings to his Sunday school class--three 11-year-old boys and one girl. "Did I ever tell you you're my hero?" Midler sings. Fintel directs his four charges to chapter 12 of Genesis, where God tells Abraham, follow me and I will bless you and "make of you a great nation." Says Fintel: "To me, Abraham is the person, and God is the wind." It is a lovely image, and as Fintel teaches it, Genesis seems a lovely book. Since he has followed God's instruction, Fintel explains, "Abraham is a hero...
Forty young Lakota warriors stand in prayer at the edge of a South Dakota pasture. They bless themselves with sage smoke and thank the spirit of the buffalo that is about to give up its life. A few bison look up from their grazing as a pickup truck churns slowly across the field. Then the crack of a rifle scatters the herd: Rocky Afraid-of-Hawk drops a yearling bull with one clean shot. The teenage warriors, dressed in Fila sneakers and No Fear sweatshirts, scramble in for a closer look as the older men skin the carcass. Later...
Higher was also the objective of the many stargazers who attended the first week's events and collected celebrities like pins: Simpson, David Hasselhoff, Bruce and Demi, Arnold, Ali, Chelsea--who, bless her heart, went to everything--and her parents. Royalty mixed with Olympian and, in the case of Kuwaiti swimmer S.A.B.S. Sultan Alotaibi, who finished 37th out of 37 in the 200-m individual medley, were one and the same. Perhaps the most interesting encounter occurred at the Olympic Village, when U.S. team handball circle runner Dave DeGraaf was followed into the lavatory by men in suits. "Mr. President...