Word: lordly
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...trip," sniffed one. Protested another: "I'm a fan of his architecture, but this abuses the environment." Dismayed by the reaction, Portman refuses to discuss the project. Still, the opposition has its social limits. Asked if residents would snub the Portmans when the family moves in, one islander replied, "Lord, no. We'll be waiting / at the door for an invitation if he ever throws a party...
...Jesus hove into view on the side of a soybean-oil storage tank. She thought someone had painted it, but as she drew closer the figure disappeared. "My hands come off the wheel," she recalls. "I just crossed my arms over my heart, and I said, 'Oh, my Lord, my God.' " It was a lucky thing she had just bought a new Ford Taurus, she thinks now, because its alignment held her on the road those treacherous few seconds it took to compose herself. This was on a Wednesday night, at 10:15. Rita had been out installing drapes...
...Broski of Fostoria invested his savings of $1,800 in I SAW THE IMAGE T shirts, and expects to walk away with a tidy $2,000 profit. As for the image itself, Broski says, "I think there's something there. What it is is probably naturally explained. If the Lord were doing something -- that's a big if, O.K.? -- the oxidation, the vapor lights, whatever, the Lord would do it that way, naturally. It would get the people to come back to the faith. Aw, let me just say it's unusual...
...over with a tally sheet from the home office, showing that the establishment's volume since Jesus was sighted has moved it from 53rd place in a 55-restaurant chain to third place. "It is caused by the lights and the rust," Rita went on, "but I believe the Lord permitted it to happen. Just as I believe the Lord permits things to happen in our lives, even illness, in order to bring us closer together...
...child's singsong voice chanting "Tolle lege, tolle lege" (Take up and read, take up and read). Snatching the Bible, which he had once disdained, he read the first words his eyes fell upon: St. Paul's admonition in Romans 13 to abandon wanton living and "put on the Lord Jesus Christ." Instantly, he later wrote, "a light of certainty pierced my heart and all the shadow of doubt vanished." From that moment on, he was a zealous Christian...