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...Love. You are forbidden to do anything other than that...
...Judean desert where he is mocked and enticed by the devil; Jesus does not take the bait; he won't turn stones into bread because man does not live by bread alone; he won't jump from the temple tower to prove his divinity because it is forbidden to presume God's protection; finally, he rejects the Faustian bargain--the world's riches for his soul...
...foggy memory should stay off the smog story, because he/she might forget today's government warning that TV stations could be gagged for reporting negatively on forest-fire smoke. Schools and airports may be closed and visibility reduced to 165 feet, but Information Minister Mohammed Rahmat has expressly forbidden the use of the word "haze" to describe the cloud. Malaysian scribes who turn to their Microsoft Word thesaurus for help will find the most apposite alternative for "haze" is one Minister Rahmat should recognize: befuddlement...
...China, which traffics in grand impersonals, has often led the world in mass-producing symbols in block capitals. The man who defied the tank was standing, as it happens, on the Avenue of Eternal Peace, just a minute away from the Gate of Heavenly Peace, which leads into the Forbidden City. Nearby Tiananmen Square--the very heart of the Middle Kingdom, where students had demonstrated in 1919; where Mao had proclaimed a "People's Republic" in 1949 on behalf of the Chinese people who had "stood up"; and where leaders customarily inspect their People's Liberation Army troops...
...theory is simple. Long-term jobless peopleare out of touch with corporate culture and mustlearn the nuances--how to dress appropriately (inclass, nose-rings are forbidden, suits arerequired and Fridays are casual), what to say inan interview (even the body language of ahand-shake) and when to follow up the interviewwith a thank-you note (always...