Word: messiahs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...police vernacular, Gidone Busch was an "EDP"--an emotionally disturbed person. His medical records show that he believed he was directed by God to save drug addicts and exotic dancers, that his friends were prophets and that he was the messiah. When the police were called in last week, he was menacing children in a predominantly Hasidic Jewish section of Brooklyn, and he attacked the cops with a claw hammer. The police shot him to death with 12 bullets. Should they have just maimed Busch to subdue him? New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said, "When [police] make a decision...
...Mayer is hired as new director of Harvard Dining Services, replacing the popular "Mealtime Messiah," Michael P. Berry, who left for Disneyland...
...neat sun-lit office, under a large wooden sign that proclaims "Never enough thyme," Mayer speaks of the two years since he assumed the helm of Harvard's dining system, a post previously occupied by Michael P. Berry, widely known as the "Mealtime Messiah...
...left-of-center Barak is construed as a vote for accelerating peace negotiations. However, this kernel of electoral wisdom may not have basis in actuality. If elected, Netanyahu will almost certainly make the concessions necessary for peace, albeit grudgingly. On the other hand, Barak is not the messiah of the peace process some might hope. As a decorated military hero, Barak will only make territorial concessions after painstaking deliberations. When you come right down to it, Barak and Netanyahu are not all that different. The only major difference will be the character of their intended coalitions...
...more revered sources. "The Bible seeks to answer a lot of relevant questions for man," says Larry. "In the film we refer to the story of Nebuchadnezzar; he has a dream he can't remember but keeps searching for an answer. Then there's the whole idea of a messiah. It's not just a Judeo-Christian myth; it also plays into the search for the reincarnation of the Buddha...