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...sense the flyer was silly, even meaningless. Blasphemy is to speak disrespectfully of religion. The dictionary says so. To give it a new meaning is a little like Humpty Dumpty in Through the Looking-Glass pretending to Alice that "glory" means "a nice knock-down argument." Pretending that blasphemy is denying one's dreams is as logical as claiming that extortion is a weak cup of tea or that homeopathy is picking up the telephone with one's foot. But of course what the author really meant is that desiring passionately is an infinitely more important thing that being mindful...

Author: By Alejandro Jenkins, | Title: On the Subject of Blasphemy | 11/3/1999 | See Source »

This canvassing, billed as "Rally, Rock and Knock with Bill Bradley," will involve about 125 students from local colleges traveling to the site of the first primary for a "weekend of grassroots campaigning," according to the Bradley campaign...

Author: By Zachary R. Heineman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'Bill Bradley Week' Promises Fun and Games | 11/2/1999 | See Source »

...KNOCK NEANDERTHALS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 1, 1999 | 11/1/1999 | See Source »

...modern man acknowledges having some Neanderthal genes, there is ample evidence that cannibalism, a horror of history, has been widely practiced among many past populations and in the present era for reasons of war, traditional rituals, famine and possibly, at times, convenience or even preference. So why knock Neanderthals for gnawing neighbors? If a Neanderthal could comment, he might protest, "Hey, we're only human!" KATHRINE E. BOBICK Lake Katrine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 1, 1999 | 11/1/1999 | See Source »

...audiences seemed unscripted as well. Over the course of two days, Gore took questions on everything from global warming to cloudy tapwater, from prescription drugs to extraterrestrials. As he left the state on Friday, more than 1,000 Gore volunteers bused in from 14 states were preparing to knock on 100,000 New Hampshire doors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gore Unleashes on Bradley | 11/1/1999 | See Source »

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