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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...first thing. You have to be male. The questions include "Do you believe in a supreme being?" It doesn't specify one particular religion, but because of the way the rituals have evolved, it's assumed a Mason is going to have a non-specific belief in a God or deity. It also asks if you've ever been convicted of a serious crime. That is a deal breaker. The main other thing is they want confirmation that you're self-supporting, that you're not joining the Masons to mooch off the lodge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Freemasons: Fact vs. Fiction | 9/15/2009 | See Source »

...iron machine. It's fun, but you feel a little bruised afterward. Langdon must ransack the Capitol for his missing friend Peter Solomon, the one who lost the hand, and for a hidden Masonic pyramid, which is the key to some mystical wisdom that will turn man into god, which is something that Mal'akh, the tattooed nut job, has a keen interest in. Langdon is joined by the head of the CIA's Office of Security, who for some reason is a tiny, feisty Japanese woman with a huge scar on her neck - Brown screwed the dial one notch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Good Is Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol? | 9/15/2009 | See Source »

...detailed, was nearly incomprehensible, and things were showng no signs of speeding up. Even our Expert was having trouble staying focused."Nobody ever does presentations like this," he told us, looking at the mass of text on the projector screen. "It's because they actually do stuff, but good God this is horrible...

Author: By Christian B. Flow and Joshua J. Kearney | Title: CRIMSON CAREERS: The Blackstone Group — 'Nowhere To Hide' | 9/14/2009 | See Source »

...applies, in spades, to his crumbling life. And yet for most of the movie he hangs in there, behaving honorably, seeking the wisdom of his ancestors, trying to observe the Jewish concept of Hashem. "Receive with simplicity everything that happens to you," says Elie Wiesel's Rashi. To absorb God's body blows, this disquieting, haunting movie says, is to be fully alive. To do otherwise could kill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Serious Man: The Coen Brothers' Jewish Question | 9/12/2009 | See Source »

...very private matter. Semenya, at least, seems to be displaying the same gritty fortitude that propelled her to victory in Berlin. When asked by South African magazine You about the gender issue, she reportedly said: "I see it all as a joke, it doesn't upset me. God made me the way I am and I accept myself. I am who I am and I'm proud of myself. I don't want to talk about the tests - I'm not even thinking about them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa Slams Semenya's Gender Test | 9/11/2009 | See Source »

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