Word: christs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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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...
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...
...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...
...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...
...there anything blasphemous in the gossipy intimacies that Therese swaps with her young acolytes about their love for Jesus. "Fondle him," she advises a friend. "That's how I snared him." Therese dies as she lived, a coquette for Christ, gaily fanning the crucifix on her sickbed pillow. "Back together again?" a nun asks of Therese and her beloved. The girl nods: "Poor thing. He's so lonely." Her mission was to make everyone feel happier, less lonely. A century later, she does so on film. Therese is enough to restore one's faith, at least, in the power...