Word: gospels
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...lifelong friend of Dr. Hargis, I have never seen any indication of any moral impropriety on his part. He is a family man, a gentleman and a dedicated preacher of the Gospel. There is not a more honest, sincere and dedicated Christian patriot anywhere. He is respected internationally as a humanitarian and as a man of high moral, ethical and spiritual standards...
Overall, Carter's governorship was a success because of his skilled balancing of traditional and emerging political forces in Georgia. "He cloaked liberalism in conservative jargon," says a state official. Carter promoted his social programs as an extension of the Gospel: problem-solving combined with Christian charity. In headier moments, he compared his actions to Christ's ministry to the suffering. It was an extravagant analogy, but politically it worked. Carter gave to the poor without overly offending the well-to-do, conquered without excessively dividing...
...problem for the Blessit presidential bandwagon, it seems, has been inattention from the press. Jan and Josey, who said they are gospel singers who hope to go on tour soon and "get on TV," were trying to rectify the situation...
...COUPLE of Sagan's most successful poems belong to the last of these thematic categories. Each brings to mind a genre of music and the environment it thrives in. "Edge of the Blues" is explicitly modeled after the sinuous, superstitious rhythm of jazz, blues and gospel. The stanzas wind through snatches of borrowed lyrics and a pair of lines reminiscent of a slave song, whose plea has been transported into a scene of city night life: "Just show me God, quick./Then let me sleep./...and all the soft windows of the neighborhood/are darkening, one by one." There...
...Dictionary of Misinformation is in the tradition of Mencken's American Credo, a mocking collage of secular gospel. Examples...