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...deeper meaning” of its own. Although the scope of this statement may appear to dilute itself from conveying any real message, this statement is, rather, a serving of “Oprahganda,” Oprah’s complex system of propaganda. In contrast to the “ordinary,” which is her message as it reads, the “extraordinary” is this aforementioned “deeper meaning.” This constitutes her real message to her readership: give me your money—that, and your soul...
...contrast to the reform effort of 1997, in which only two of a dozen proposed changes were adopted by the council, this past week members voted to approve 20 of 22 amendments by the required three-quarters majority...
...years, of course, some men--ice skaters, body builders, George Hamilton--have fretted over aspects of their appearance. But the numbers suggest that body-image concerns have gone mainstream: nearly half of men don't like their overall appearance, in contrast to just 1 in 6 in 1972. True, men typically are fatter now, but another study found that 46% of men of normal weight think about their appearance "all the time" or "frequently." And some men--probably hundreds of thousands, if you extrapolate from small surveys--say they have passed up job and even romantic opportunities because they refuse...
...alternative to the little blue impotence pill? An advisory panel to the FDA--whose recommendations the agency usually follows--has, ahem, doled out support for Uprima, a new impotence drug that works by targeting chemicals in the brain thought to be responsible for an erection. (Viagra, by contrast, increases blood flow to the penis.) Uprima can act in as little as 10 min. and succeeds in 60% of men, but it's not without risks: 1 in 30 subjects who took it either fainted or suffered serious drops in blood pressure...
Divine Mirrors concludes with a look at representations of Mary in the 20th century. Gertrude Tiske's "Portrait of Mary" (1920) depicts a young woman with red braids in a yellow dress and checkered apron. The portrayal of Mary as an ordinary woman provides a stark contrast to the exalted portraits of earlier centuries, which showed Mary as saint, regal queen or grieving mother. Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, an artist living in Boston, gives a striking interpretation of the Holy Family in eight photographs of a mother and father embracing their son in turn. Only the child is visible...