Word: martin
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...issue might seem brand-new to most Americans, but the fight to free the prisoners has been going on for years. Among its supporters are 10 Nobel Peace Prize winners, former president Jimmy Carter, Nobel Laureate Desmond Tutu and Coretta Scott King, widow of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Why would so many respected human rights activists speak out on behalf of a group of people convicted of terrorist acts...
...certain." That's the same basic message that Redstone, Viacom's CEO and controlling shareholder, delivered in the wake of his $10 billion acquisition of Paramount Communications in 1994--a stunning deal in its day, one that kept Redstone busy for the next four years selling pieces of Martin Davis' empire to pay down a heaping pile of debt. Last year, when I spoke with Redstone for a book I was writing, he reiterated his view that the entertainment world had consolidated about as much as it would for a while...
...With reporting by Emily Mitchell/New York and Martin Penner/Rome
...Indulgences have long been a source of curiosity and controversy for the Catholic church. Martin Luther famously broke from St. Peter's to protest in part the tradition of exchanging indulgences for cold cash. Centuries later, a more subtle and democratic set of rules emerged, according to TIME religion correspondent David Van Biema. "An indulgence is a much more complicated thing than it used to be," says Van Biema. "Now, instead of just handing over some cash to shave years off your time in purgatory, you enter into a healing process with God after confessing to a sin." So tossing...
...Jets will pull themselves together and realize there may indeed be life after Vinny. Running back Curtis Martin will be a major factor in a Jets win, and the J's will be helped (in a fashion) by a lackluster BUFFALO squad. Final score: Jets...