Word: lorded
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...Congress now stands as a paradox of Lord Acton's observation that power corrupts. Losing corrupts too; 35 years of rule by the majority Democrats has embittered congressional Republicans. Even the normally easygoing minority leader, Bob Michel, has toughened his tone, angering Democrats by calling their monopoly on power a "corrosive acid upon the restraints of stability and comity...
...masculine terms for humanity, the editors took greater liberties. Not even works of Methodism's co-founder and greatest hymnodist, Charles Wesley, were spared. In his Hark, the Herald Angels Sing, "pleased as man with men to dwell" becomes "pleased with us in flesh to dwell." In Christ the Lord Is Risen Today, "sons of men and angels say Alleluia" is recycled as "earth and heaven in chorus say Alleluia." As for other hymns: God of Our Fathers is now God of the Ages; Good Christian Men, Rejoice metamorphoses into Good Christian Friends, Rejoice; and O Little Town of Bethlehem...
Revampers also bent over backward to avoid offending other constituencies. In Have Thine Own Way, Lord, sinners no longer ask Jesus to wash them "whiter than snow," because of objections from blacks. In Wesley's O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing, editors originally dropped a verse proclaiming the spiritual uplifting of the "dumb" and the "lame," lest the handicapped take umbrage. They later restored the words, but suggest in a footnote that the stanza may be omitted...
Feminist clout also shows up in the book's liturgical section. In the new wedding ritual, for example, the father no longer gives away the bride. Another change in worship concerns the Lord's Supper. The abstemious Methodists specified in their 1966 hymnal that only "the pure unfermented juice of the grape shall be used." Teetotalers attending last year's Methodist conference failed to get that clause inscribed into church law, and the new hymnal omits the rule. So congregations may use wine if they wish, but most Methodists still opt for grape juice. Score one for tradition...
Veteran agent Sterling Lord sees Wylie as the naughty schoolboy of his generation. "Each one ((of these agents)) pushed the ethics back a little further," he says. But even Wylie's critics acknowledge that he is an inevitable product of the awkward transition from cottage industry to multinational business. So they see little choice but to play along. Says Wylie: "Publishers find it very hard to return our phone calls, but they...