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...factions and distinctions can also be described in terms of personalities. Falwell is leading a church movement increasingly known as the New Fundamentalism. It seeks to shed the reputation for bigotry and cultural narrowness without giving an inch on the Bible issues. Falwell wants to build spiritual alliances with as many of the moderate Evangelicals as possible. But even without the furor over his foray into South Africa, he faces enormous obstacles in building support among black Protestants. In the 1960s, the ex- segregationist did nothing to advance civil rights. Today his right-wing political agenda does not fit that...
...printer patiently applies each separate layer of a complicated flower design; a dough-figure craftsman fashions subjects too small to be seen without a magnifying glass; and two men effortlessly manipulate a seemingly undecipherable loom to produce a spectacular piece of silk--which requires hundreds of movements for every inch of design...
...walked in quietly and a shoe caught her motherly attention. It was sitting on my bureau in my room, but it wasn't mine. The shoe was black and had at least a six-inch heel. Not knowing that it belonged to one of my roommate's girlfriends, my mom first took a close look at my bed and, noticing that the mess on the matteress held only one inebriated soul, she slowly scowled around the room for that evil being that had corrupted her invaluable son. Not finding anything in the room, she gathered enough courage to open...
...forensic medicine has become highly refined in recent years, the trained eye is still among the most reliable tools. Sex, for instance, can be identified by the shape of the intact pelvis: generally, a woman's has a wider opening to permit childbirth. Height can be calculated, within an inch or two, from the lengths of the major arm or leg bones. Race can be indicated by the texture of the hair or from certain features of the skull, among them the shape of the eye sockets and the spacing of the nasal apertures...
...city like Cambridge--where high-tech firms are gobbling up every inch of residential land and where the Archie Bunkers are gradually being pushed out by gentrification and the universities--being "neighborhood-oriented" is no easy task...