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...because he wanted to cut out all the miraculous parts, including the Resurrection. Lincoln worshipped faithfully but never joined a church, and was labeled an infidel by at least one congressional opponent. And it was Bill Clinton, viewed by his foes as the devil's disciple, of whom Billy Graham said in 1996, "He believes the Bible. He believes in Christ. He believes that he has been born again. He's got all the gifts an evangelist should have...
...Tyrant's Novel was written, sagely, sinuously, under the spell of Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Mario Vargas Llosa and their mad generalissimos. There is everywhere a whiff of Graham Greene, with his moral skirmishing in the gray areas. The current Iraq war is one of those. Keneally, who knows something about lies and hypocrisy, could have told you it would be. --By Richard Lacayo
...change in tone from earlier pieces. It's very calm, very concentrated on movement. You need calm at times like this." Calm is a new word for Bausch, 63, who was once dubbed the "wicked witch of German dance" for snubbing classics like The Nutcracker. Along with Martha Graham and Merce Cunningham , she is one of the giants of modern dance. Having done away with formal balletic movements, she helped pioneer "dance-theater," a genre which fuses dance with bits of dialogue and song. Like real people, Bausch's dancers flirt, eat, drink, burp and fall over. Her devotees range...
...Crimson scored two more buckets to push its lead to five with 2:08 to play. After a Bulldog layup, Harvard junior center Graham Beatty hit one of his two free throws to keep the Crimson ahead by two possessions...
...Crimson appeared to have its first win in its sights, as junior center Graham Beatty put Harvard up 84-82 over Rider with 28 seconds remaining. But Rider guard Robert Taylor converted a tough driving layup to force an overtime period which the Broncs would dominate...