Word: cult
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...ambivalence toward “Hard Candy,” the Counting Crows’ last studio effort from 2002, which featured more than the expected one-or-two radio-friendly pop/rock tracks. If in recent years it looked like the Counting Crows were at risk of alienating the cult of listeners who have come to expect the kind of piercing lyrics for which singer Adam Duritz is known, their new album suppresses any fears. “Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings” is a return to form for the band and features songs that are alternately loud...
...Schultz is taking it upon himself to restore the cult of caffeine. On Jan. 7, the passionate entrepreneur--whom employees call Uncle Howie--again became CEO, a position he ceded in 2000 for a seat on the board. He has lured back some apostles from the start-up years, and they've designed a plan to yank Starbucks' focus from gaining efficiency and appeasing Wall Street back to selling exemplary coffee with the kind of service and ambiance that makes a $4 latte worth the price...
Pastors and congregation members alike had reason to think that. Media outlets had brought cameras, flashbulbs and crass questions to Trinity's doors for days and shocked the congregation with commentary that branded Rev. Wright Jr. a leader of a "black supremacist cult." The day's overwhelming message: This church will continue its ministry work - no matter who's watching or what they say. And it brought shouts and tears from the pews...
...Jimmy Carter raised the bar on what an ex-President can do, and Bill Clinton is trying to meet it or exceed it," said presidential historian Douglas Brinkley, whose book The Unfinished Presidency documents Carter's post-White House years. "He's not just playing on the cult of his celebrity," said Brinkley. "He's built a sophisticated nongovernmental organization that is getting real results, and raising untold amounts of money for causes." Says Brinkley, "It's pretty hard to argue with his success. Even his worst critics would have to say he's been an extraordinary ex-President...
...think about to mentally prepare for angry scenes?JM: Not really. I think about the character and the situation.RR: What’s the angriest you’ve ever been in your life?JM: I don’t actually know. I’m very diffi cult to anger.RR: So this role was a stretch for you?JM: No, because my character is one of the most levelheaded people in theroom.RR: Who’s better: you or Henry Fonda?JM: Henry Fonda, defi nitely.Dan E. Catomeris ’11RR: So who do you play...