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...that govern the vast complex of Southern Baptist seminaries and agencies, replacing moderates (as terms expire) with conservatives. Rogers' election ensures that by 1990 Fundamentalists will control most boards and be in a position to remove instructors and other employees with less hard-line views. With his preacher's butter-smooth baritone and a thriving local church, Rogers, 54, made a compelling candidate. He had already served as president for a year; his election in 1979 signaled the start of the Fundamentalist surge. ''The word of God,'' says Rogers, ''is not up for a vote.'' He insists, for example, that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR THEM Fundamentalists consolidate power among Southern Baptists | 7/21/2008 | See Source »

...plops like pulp in the kitchen sink. Note to critics: Not every work of popular art needs the mathematical precision of a Mozart sonata. It's true that the movie is studded with the sort of schemes a genius madman hatches in his basement. (One plan involves peanut butter, tiny bomb jackets and the use of rats as suicide bombers.) But if you have trouble accepting, even as a fantasy premise, that "A thousand years ago, a clan of weavers formed a secret society of assassins," fine, don't believe it; just sit back and watch the dazzle of images...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Holy Jolie! Wanted Delivers | 6/27/2008 | See Source »

...attempt to "increase the chicken portfolio in our menu." Because people think chicken is healthy, McDonald's has been selling tons of it (59% more than in 2003, compared with only 10% more beef). People, however, are wrong, because 5 oz. (about 140 g) of fried chicken and butter-filled biscuit (410 calories, 20 g of fat, 1,180 mg of sodium) is a lot more damaging than an Egg McMuffin and almost exactly the same nutritionally as a double cheeseburger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chicken for Breakfast | 6/26/2008 | See Source »

...book Der Tanz um die Lust (The Dance Around Lust), who decries "the pornographization of society" and wants to free female sexuality from the pressures of a world where easily consumable porn is supplanting eroticism. "I'm not against pornography," says Von Schirach. "I'm against people selling butter or cell phones with a woman who looks like she is going to have sexual intercourse within the next three seconds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: German Feminism: Playing Dirty | 6/18/2008 | See Source »

Mashed Potatoes 194 calories 40 mg of sodium 4 g of fat FACT: Bag the butter. Without that excess, this is a starchy dish that is fat-free...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: School Cuisine | 6/12/2008 | See Source »

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