Word: johan
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...sound track comes alive with loud crickets, braying and mooing, and breathy, muffled screams. Brilliant sunshine bathes the kitchen of a Mennonite farm as the family takes morning prayer in a silence broken only by the loud ticking of a clock. Esther (Miriam Toews), the mother, raises her eyes; Johan (Cornelio Wall Fehr), the father, says, "Amen"; and the children dive wordlessly into their cereal. After the meal, Esther leaves to shepherd the kids on errands, returning briefly to tell Johan to take some time for himself this morning. Alone, he weeps inconsolably...
...Johan - father of six, devoted husband, devout believer - has fallen in love with another upright Mennonite, Marianne (Maria Pankratz). Can he end the affair? If not, what will the repercussions be for his family, his community, his beliefs...
...heroes, but if we do not stem population growth their efforts will be in vain. I know the subject is a sensitive one for many reasons, but if not checked it can only lead to a lot of suffering for many people now and in the future. Johan van Venrooy, PHILIPPOLIS, SOUTH AFRICA...
...deft marketing campaign, will raise the company's profile in the competitive U.S. premium-car segment, where it hopes to double sales of all models by 2015 to around 200,000. "I would almost describe every one of those R8s as a mobile billboard for the Audi brand," says Johan de Nysschen, head of Audi's U.S. operations...
...could be a dynasty. Or how the Yanks will fare with a new manager, Joe Girardi, and a new boss, George Steinbrenner's son, Hank, a meddler who may manage to bring back the dysfunctional feel of the old Bronx Zoo. And those poor Mets - will their new ace, Johan Santana, help them rebound from last season's historic collapse? Not to mention all the New York players caught up in the steroid morass, in particular Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte, and now A-Rod - whom Jose Canseco said he introduced to a steroid supplier (Rodriguez has refused to comment...