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The explanation for this policy of ecclesiastical entrepreneurism lies partly in the Mormons' early experience of ostracism. Brigham Young wrote 150 years ago that "the kingdom of God cannot rise independent of Gentile nations until we produce, manufacture, and make every article of use, convenience or necessity among our people...
To many, McDonagh seems to have emerged from out of nowhere, for years leading the garret life, writing plays in isolation in the South London house he shared with his brother, until two theaters--the Royal Court and the Druid Theatre in Galway--finally showed an interest in his work...
Artless, yes; the poem lacked the gift of making grief palpable, as Stewart had done with such searing poignancy in Vertigo. But the feelings were just as direct, honorable, crushing. Imagine his desolation when, in 1994, Gloria died, at 75, of lung cancer. With no hand to hold, no hair...
PNOMH PENH: As gunfire echoed through the streets of the capital, Cambodia began to descend once more into the isolated international pariah state it had been under the Khmer Rouge. Three days after Second Prime Minister Hun Sen took over in a bloody coup, troops went door-to-door through...
A first-timer on the campaign trail, Lewis had two prescient impulses. The first was to chuck the tags of the marked-for-isolation press. Using his anonymity, he eavesdrops on Al D'Amato in the bathroom (guess who doesn't wash his hands) and rummages through Bill Clinton's...