Word: fold
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...words have come to this page, I would tell them to look upon it as a small miracle. (My gospel, after all, will speak of miracles.) Yet I would hope to remain closer to the truth. Mark, Matthew, Luke, and John were seeking to enlarge their fold." In other words, Mailer's Jesus suggests that the New Testament is rife with errors and exaggerations and that the time has come to set the record straight: "What is for me to tell remains neither a simple story nor without surprise, but it is true, at least to all that I recall...
...Sounding like a true car guy with some of that old-time sales religion, Chevrolet general manager John Middlebrook lays on the challenge: "We have people who swore they were never going to buy another Chevrolet or any GM product. It's time to bring them back into the fold. We need to launch these products, put them out there and let the customer decide. This is put-up or shut-up time." Fighting words, Mr. Middlebrook. But as Alfred Sloan might also urge on his new generation at Pontiac, Buick, Cadillac and Chevy: There is still much...
...Five, which declares that an attack on any member will be an attack on all and in effect commits their armed forces to the defense of the endangered country. The treaty comes with a price tag. Various estimates put the total cost of bringing three new members into the fold at anywhere from $35 billion over 13 years (the Clinton Administration estimate) up to a high of $125 billion (the Congressional Budget Office's). Expect a fight when the time comes to split up this burden among the present and future members of NATO...
...preferred the Catholic view that salvation depends not only on accepting Jesus but also on what you do with your life. There was one hitch. As the months following his conversion turned to years, it dawned on him that the same Catholic chaplains who had welcomed him into the fold were reticent about discussing salvation's reward. This was disturbing. "I felt a real lack in my life," says Burton, who now teaches mathematics at Vanderbilt University. "There was this hope of heaven I thought we all should have. But the priests didn't like to talk about...
...master "guide to action for the next decade:" a plan to fight against drug abuse in our country. Hearkening to his inaugural day mission to give children "a safe, wholesome, constructive upbringing," Clinton is hoping to focus his plan on decreasing drug use in children. His method is two-fold. As he explained: "We want to reduce our demand for drugs, but we are determined to reduce the supply as well." He plans on attacking the demand-side of the drug market with vigilance, through an enormous anti-drug advertising blitz as well as increased spending on a number...