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...When a little baby is about to die, I bring the silence of death," she said. "When the fever just went so high that she was burning, I begged death to engulfher. As my tears fell against her little cheek, Irecognized the heart of death...

Author: By Rebecca M. Wand, | Title: Ma Jaya Speaks at Divinity School | 3/22/1994 | See Source »

...British writer G.K. Chesterton once offered this tongue-in-cheek theory of human origins: "If it is not true that a divine being fell, then we can only say that one of the animals went entirely off its head." In light of the comic outrages and tragic absurdities of almost any given week of news, it's hard not to agree. Which is why the best news editors know that when taking stock of events, a little wit is no less important than a proper fund of sober intelligence. That's certainly the working philosophy of Bruce Handy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: To Our Readers: Mar. 21, 1994 | 3/21/1994 | See Source »

...someone did something bad in the New Testament, there was no eye-for-an-eye. I just got to turn my cheek and dump a bunch of dust on their head. Nope, the New Testament just wasn't for me. I promptly informed...

Author: By Julie-ann R. Francis, | Title: A Religious Misunderstanding | 3/17/1994 | See Source »

...researchers measured the ratio of facial width across the cheek bones to the height of the face, according to an article in the Cambridge Chronicle. The results, now under review, are based on fourteen years of research and observation of more than 600 Massachusetts children between the ages of four months and 13 years...

Author: By Laurie A. Sheflin, | Title: Research Links Narrow Faces to Shyness | 3/5/1994 | See Source »

...temples in 120 cities. All ministers are appointed by Farrakhan. Male recruits earn their way up in the Fruit of Islam, where they are given military-style stripes and ranks but do not carry weapons. In contrast to Martin Luther King Jr.'s Christian invocation to turn the other cheek, however, Nation of Islam leaders favor vigorous self-defense...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Louis Farrakhan: Pride and Prejudice | 2/28/1994 | See Source »

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