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...years before he had been contorted by wracking back pain while in the field with a group of officers. One of the officers, a fellow charismatic, knelt down before North and prayed fervently. Moments later, North reported, his backache vanished. "He has a personal relationship with Jesus Christ," says King. "It's a driving force in his life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Faith in A True Believer | 2/16/1987 | See Source »

Under this system well crafted remarks will be rewarded. Suppose a professor wants to inform a class of his revolutionary interpretation of the main character in a certain play as a Christ-figure. (This will happen in humanities courses every few days, so the example is a good one.) There are two ways the professor can present the information, and our machine will discriminate between them and act accordingly...

Author: By Eric Pulier, | Title: PULIER LEG | 2/5/1987 | See Source »

SUPPOSE THE professor says, "the main character in this play is a Christ figure. Thank you. Have a good weekend." This will immediately trigger a pleasant sounding latch mechanism, opening a hatch from which a credit towards tenure will fall. If the professor already has tenure, he gets an autographed picture of himself...

Author: By Eric Pulier, | Title: PULIER LEG | 2/5/1987 | See Source »

...even as one scrutinizes so does one grow tired--hence my previous comment--if you will reminisce--that ingeniously juxtaposed the two words 'tired' and 'scrutiny'. I am, of course getting at the indisputable biblical overtones, or more precisely, if I might be so bold, the form of Christ, as represented in the character, or personae, if I may, of the main character, or personae, if I may, in the plan. Thank you. Have a good weekend...

Author: By Eric Pulier, | Title: PULIER LEG | 2/5/1987 | See Source »

...preacher estimates that annoyance calls cost him more than $1 million last year, not counting lost donations. Falwell, who is considering legal action, regards the calls as "unlawful activities" that do "injury to the cause of Christ...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Toll-Free Woes: Clogging Jerry's phones | 1/26/1987 | See Source »

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