Word: conceptive
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PARIS Parisiennes are flocking to cool concept stores like Colette to snap up the latest high-tech gadgets. One must-have is Panasonic's silver-dollar-size SV-SD85 digital audio player...
...just state for the record here that I don’t believe in the ‘Curse of the Bambino’—a concept essentially invented by Boston Globe columnist Dan Shaughnessy when he first published his book of the same title about 15 years ago. The Red Sox have not won a World Series since 1918 because of absolutely horrific management. The Sox routinely built their teams with expensive slow-footed power hitters who couldn’t play the field worth a lick. Instead of investing in pitching, speed, or defense...
...when Adam Mesh suffered utter humiliation at the hands of his studlier counterpart in the first edition of “Average Joe.” When I heard he returned to redeem himself, naturally I became hooked. Compared to “The Apprentice,” the concept is a little more blatant: A beautiful woman endures several weeks at the hands of a select group of unattractive men who are then removed with great haste upon the introduction of a smaller unit of pedigree gents. Luckily for Adam, this time the roles were reversed...
Anselm's formulation, often called substitutionary atonement, has been restated in countless ways over the centuries. The church eventually extended its concept of the sin for which Jesus died beyond Adam's disobedience to everybody's transgressions. The 16th century reformer John Calvin replaced Anselm's feudal king with a severe judge furious at a deservedly cursed creation. Hala Saad, a contemporary churchgoer in Texas, recites a milder modern version: "All I had to do was sign up for God's debt-cancellation plan--for Jesus to take my place...
...tour offering stops at Nelson Mandela's former house or the Hector Petersen Memorial and Museum, named for a 13-year-old boy who was killed in the famous 1976 uprising; then enjoy a shebeen (backyard bar). Try Jimmy's Face to Face Tours (www.face2face.co.za), which pioneered the concept, or Max Maximum Tours www.backpackafrica.com/ accommod/gauteng/maxmaxim). Half-day tours cost around...