Word: messiah
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Ayear ago, The Crimson proclaimed Michael P. Berry, the director of Harvard Dining Services, the "Mealtime Messiah" for his innovative and delectable improvements to our dining service...
Hast thou forsaken us, Messiah? Wilst thou come again...
Limbaugh is talking to a lot of people, politically stranded by the media, who believe that only he is talking to them. But no one has proposed him for President or Messiah; and he declares he would not apply for either job. Other listeners abhor the political product but enjoy the spiel. You can find diversion in any aspect of the Limbaugh carnival: the tight-wire walker or the Tilt-a-Whirl, the sideshow barker or the geek. You might even find it salutary to have your own exalted prejudices shaken by him. Last time we looked, Rush was still...
...gently Jewish family from Cleveland and worshipper of Holden Caulfield. Jane tells about, among others, her mother, who divorces Jane's father and takes up the violin, and her formerly promiscuous sister, who marries an Orthodox doctor and gives birth to a boy Jane jokingly calls "the Little Messiah." Except for eloquent moments, the reader longs for a little verve. Jane is a nice girl who should go to college, marry a nice boy and leave narrating no-hitters to another heroine...
...down his own account of the glory days, but he is thwarted by sci-fi circuitry that allows other people to penetrate his narrative. In particular, two chaps named Cutler intrude ruthlessly. Gradually it becomes clear that Cutler One wants to discard Jesus and await a Messiah who does not end up on a cross. Cutler Two opts for Jesus as the focus of a new religion. In this muddle, centuries turn inside out and the cast at Golgotha can be changed and added to; there is even room for Mary Baker Eddy and Dr. Helen Schucman. It is also...