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...creation of Fred Davis, one of McCain's top media gurus as well as a close friend of former Christian Coalition head Ralph Reed and the nephew of conservative Oklahoma Senator James Inhofe. It first caught the attention of Democrats familiar with the Left Behind series, a fictionalized account of the end-time that debuted in the 1990s and has sold nearly 70 million books worldwide. "The language in there is so similar to the language in the Left Behind books," says Tony Campolo, a leading progressive Evangelical speaker and author...
Dorje Shugden is one one of hundreds of "protector deities" that distinguish Tibetan Buddhism from more purely philosophical varieties. Historically, the god is associated with maintaining, sometimes violently, the purity of Dalai Lama's own lineage of teachers and gurus, called the Gelugpa. Indeed the high Lama himself prayed to Shugden for years; but the sect's purist and exclusionary emphases contradicted his own outreach to other Tibetan lineages, and in 1996 he began demanding that monastic abbots renounce the deity...
Rose's employment of both swing doctors and spiritual gurus on his return to top form is not unusual for a professional golfer; the debate over whether the game is best mastered through technical engineering or mental fine-tuning may be more pertinent to this sport than to any other. When Tim Gallwey published The Inner Game of Golf in 1979, in which he documented the division of a golfer's psyche into a "thinking" and a "feeling" self, he articulated what lovers of the game have long understood: there are two approaches to becoming a great golfer, and each...
...recent alleged assault near Lamont Library serves as a reminder that even on campus, nighttime travel can be a dangerous affair. After consulting the safety gurus, FM has compiled some safety tips and self-defense moves that should come in handy if you find yourself alone in the wee hours. PREVENTION: Of course, the best prevention measure is to avoid travelling solo after dark, especially in unlit areas. If you have to stay out late, recruit friends to walk with you or set up a departure time beforehand. Otherwise, try to be aware of the time so you can make...
Making a couple hundred thousand dollars profit in a weekend, sipping Dom Pérignon champagne, and sitting ringside at a Mike Tyson fight may sound like a dream to most college students. But to blackjack gurus David Irvine and William B. Kaplan ’77, it was just a job. Irvine and Kaplan talked about their business ventures with blackjack and even explained the basics of their card counting strategy as part of the Harvard Undergraduate Women in Business’s (WIB) “Risky Business” event in Quincy dining hall last night...