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...made before launching into his text, McCowen makes it clear that he has no theological reasons for choosing Mark over the other Gospels. His concern is with words, not the Word. Mark happens to be the shortest (two hours, ten minutes in this performance, with one intermission) and "the easiest one to tell aloud." The fact that most biblical scholars believe it is also the earliest and the closest to original sources seems to be an incidental benefit...
...easiest such points, perhaps, is the Sinai. Israel is prepared to let nearly all the area revert to Egypt, though it claims the right to maintain two military bases and several civilian settlements there. But even on this relatively simple matter, Sadat insists that he cannot sign a bilateral agreement with Jerusalem. He wants to link a Sinai accord with at least some progress (from the Arab viewpoint) on other fronts. By this he hopes to avoid charges that he is betraying the interests of other Arabs for the sake of a deal with Israel. Sadat thus has been trying...
Cutlass and sword are passe. Asian pirates today pounce from hidden coves in supercharged speedboats or trawlers armed with automatic rifles, M-79 grenade launchers and even antitank guns. Their easiest prey is the flotilla of fishing trawlers, ferries and small trading boats that ply the island waters. The booty includes everything from cargoes of fish to duty-free goods being trafficked in a centuries-old barter trade between East Malaysia and the Philippine island of Mindanao. "The greed of the pirates is unbelievable," says a Malaysian official. One ruthless pirate tradition of yore prevails: walking the plank...
...Television executives believe that the easiest way to win evening-news ratings points is to find, and keep, an anchor with that certain something -looks, sex appeal, credibility-that viewers like. A single ratings point in a major market like New York, Los Angeles or Chicago is worth more than $500,000 in yearly station revenues. When executives at Chicago's CBS-owned WBBM this year figured they would lose three evening-news ratings points if Anchor Bill Kurtis jumped to NBC-owned WMAQ, they won him back by counteroffering $250,000 a year. They considered it a bargain...
...easiest refuge in dull times is to hype a story-to make every major or minor shenanigan a Watergate (as in Koreagate, Lancegate and Hollywoodgate). Maybe you can excuse the Washington columnist or the fellow on the beat for tired coinages like that, but you shouldn't excuse the editor who prints them. An editor is always free to change a subject rather than try to inflate it. With Washington less exciting, the cover stories in the newsweeklies again range more widely, to science, medicine, entertainment and sports. Too many magazines and newspapers have also turned-to the displeasure...