Word: jehovah
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DIED. BARBARA GRIZZUTI HARRISON, 67, author of the much lauded 1978 book Visions of Glory, a nuanced account of the 12 years she spent as a Jehovah's Witness; of pulmonary disease; in New York City. Converted at 9 by her mother, Harrison moved into the Brooklyn, N.Y., headquarters of the organization at 19; after three years she renounced it. Harrison, who wrote for Ms. and other magazines, presented the faith as racist and sexist--but with members who were often humanitarian and kind...
...Jehovah and His Dancing, Door-Knocking Witnesses...
Like the equally driven Jackson and Wayans families, the Williams sisters are Jehovah's Witnesses. Despite their arrogance about tennis, once they are off the court and off the subject, they are polite, well rounded and better educated than most of their competitors. They never curse. Serena, in fact, buys her rap albums at Wal-Mart because the bad words have been excised. For women known for their brashness, they are sensitive to coarseness. They lecture the kids in their fashion class about the negative influence of foul-mouthed cable-TV shows like South Park...
...chalk in their hands as they drape muslin over their mannequins. Adrian stops by and rearranges the pins Venus has misattached to the bustline. Venus looks surprisingly crestfallen, given that she must have taken a lot of rejection going door to door with her four sisters as a Jehovah's Witness...
...stacked against Rodriguez. Born in Texas to a Puerto Rican dad and a Dominican mom, she bounced around the Caribbean, then moved to Jersey City, N.J., before reaching her teens. Her dad died early on, so she spent her teen years living with her mother and grandmom, both devout Jehovah's Witnesses. She struggled for years to express herself creatively, and she had a hard time at school - she was expelled at least a half-dozen times...