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After nearly 50 years of seemingly irremediable hatred, the Israelis and the Palestinians have drafted a preliminary peace agreement. The pact, expected to be signed within days, comes at the end of nine months of secret negotiations between Israeli officials and members of the p.l.o. Jerusalem has agreed to recognize...
That statement may sound modest, even servile, to Western ears, but in Japan the reaction was quite different. In the last clause, Owada had dared to say in public that she sought fulfillment in her own terms. To young women -- and many men -- that came close to calling for a...
Fifty students in Nashville, Tennessee, stand in front of a gathering of Baptist ministers to make a pledge: "Believing that true love waits, I make a commitment to God, myself, my family, those I date, my future mate and my future children to be sexually pure until the day I...
At the Democratic convention, Bill Clinton summed up his moderate, New Democrat ideas -- to which he now says he's returning -- with the resonant, unforgettable phrase NEW COVENANT. Here's a tally since July of NEW COVENANT mentions in five major newspapers.
Now, with its new album, Depeche Mode has found faith. At its core, this is still the same band that was behind such antireligious hits as Personal Jesus and Blasphemous Rumours, but on Songs of Faith and Devotion, the group uses sacred symbols to add emotional weight to its typically...