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...cops who want to shake up the precinct," each tries to enliven their services when the energy level begins to ebb by spicing up their sermons with stand-up comedy. At one point, Jake actually says, "But seriously, folks," to his congregation as he brings in a gospel choir to serenade his temple. But when their old childhood friend Anna Reilly (Jenna Elfman) comes back into their lives, a complicated love triangle develops as both holy men tempt a fall from grace. Their sudden crush on Anna presents a formidable problem for both men: For Jake, it's that Anna...

Author: By Michelle Kung, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Tired Joke Breeds Stale Comedy | 4/21/2000 | See Source »

...Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos who preached the gospel of getting big at all costs in order to dominate an online sector. And he may emerge as the biggest beneficiary, even though Amazon, which attracts more than 17 million customers a month, has yet to earn a penny of profit (one reason its shares closed at $67.56 last week, down from their peak of $113 in December...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Doom Stalks The Dotcoms | 4/17/2000 | See Source »

...hips here, the unbuttoning of the shirt there. Nevertheless, I got the feeling during the sagging conversational interludes that he wasn't particularly concerned about his dynamic sensual energy, but the love that each person found in his or her own lives. This was most exemplified by the startling gospel interlude, during which he preached about the amazing works of Jesus and sang a couple of gospel songs, with a projected cross in the background. While many in the audience enthusiastically applauded Brian's attempt to cross the separation between religion and pop, others chose to go to the bathroom...

Author: By Jimmy Zha, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Concert Review: He's So Dreamy | 4/14/2000 | See Source »

...brought against gun manufacturers, the Florida verdict seems to shore up a trend in which the public is turning to the courts and local governments - rather than to federal politicians - to seek redress against powerful special interests. It also explains why the Washington lobbyists would want to spread their gospel beyond the Beltway. "The judge will always instruct the jury that they're only to base their judgment on the facts of this case and not accept any outside influence," says TIME legal analyst Alain Sanders. "But jurors are people, and it would be foolish to assume they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why, Apart from Elian, All Eyes Are on Florida | 4/7/2000 | See Source »

...heart. Recalling "friends and neighbors" who perished, he said, "Men, women and children cry out to us from the depths of the horror that they knew. How can we fail to heed their cry?" He continued, "I assure the Jewish people that the Catholic Church, motivated by the Gospel law of truth and love and by no political considerations, is deeply saddened by the hatred, acts of persecution and displays of anti-Semitism directed against the Jews by Christians at any time and in any place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Pilgrim's Progress | 4/3/2000 | See Source »

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