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This year when the Salient's liberal rival, Perspective, listed its hated apostles of the radical right, it included Granieri along with the likes of Senator Jesse Helms and evangelist Jerry Fallwell...
Where did these respectable law-breakers come from all of a sudden? Randall Terry is this year's most obvious symbol of the right-to-life movement. An ordained preacher who physically resembles former boy evangelist Marjoe Gortner, Terry dropped out of high school, had a "conversion experience," then went to Elim Bible Institute in Lima, N.Y. He started picketing abortion clinics, along with his wife, in 1984 while working for a car salesman. Before Terry came along there had been large lobbying and education groups in the field for decades -- the National Right to Life Committee, the Human Rights...
...which Bach composed in 1732, is generally acknowledged as the most powerful and unique oratorio setting of the Passion and Crucifixion of Jesus Christ. In this monumental work in which two choruses, two orchestras and eight soloists perform for over three hours, Bach alternates between recitative narration by the Evangelist, who represents St. Matthew, turbulent crowd choruses, various commentary in the solo arias and reflective, moving chorales...
September 18, Toronto. The Sox clinch the American League East. Rumors are flying of an upcoming Boggs' expose in Playgirl. The mustachioed Floridian has turned up as an evangelist on television, touting the salubrious benefits of chicken and the pernicious effects of extramarital affairs. He has also been a regular guest on Geraldo and is reported to be wading shoulder-deep in money...
GLORY! GLORY! (HBO, debuting Feb. 19 and 20, 9 p.m. EST). Jim and Tammy could raise the bucks at least. In this two-part movie, Richard Thomas plays the dullest evangelist on TV, who recruits a drugged-out rock singer to save his ministry...