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...nature of God, almost never thinks about it, and is complacently unaware that there may be any reason to. Theology, the intellectual system whereby man sorts out his thoughts about faith and grace, enjoys much less popular appeal than astrology. With its "devolutionary theopantism" * and "axiological eschatology,"* theology is jaw-breakingly abstract. And its mood is widely felt to be about as bracing as an unaired vestry...
...instructor's jaw dropped several inches until it met his chest, "Why, why, why?" he intended. "Never play for the roll. How many times must I tell...
...British tabloid readers, Glubb is already a legendary creature like T. E. Lawrence ("of Arabia"). They imagine him to be tall and slim, with steely blue eyes and commanding voice. Actually his voice is soft, his eyes watery. A World War I wound clipped off a chunk of his jaw, bent his features into a permanent smile. Among the Arabs he is known as Abu Huneik (Father of the Little Chin...
Snorted Pauley: "I've never heard such poppycock in my life." As Stassen poured it on, Pauley fidgeted, mopped his face with his handkerchief. The muscles of his jaw twitched angrily. Twice he leaped to his feet, pointed a long, bony finger at Stassen and demanded a "right to" defend himself against the "false charges of that man right there...
Perilous No. 16. Even Ben Hogan's iron jaw rattled at the sight of it. The tee is a rocky promontory jutting out into the Pacific Ocean. The next sight of land is another rocky promontory 192 yards down the California coast; in between, foaming breakers crash distractingly on the rocks. Hogan, no man to let salt water scare him, promptly overdrove the green; several of his fellow pros-including Jimmy Thomson and Ralph Hutchinson-dunked their first ball into the ocean...