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Despite Dr. Montemayor's dismay at the lack of decisive action, hours passed before the billionaire was moved. To the very end, the entourage went through the old familiar rituals of secrecy, masquerade, and concealment. Before they removed Hughes, they reserved a suite at the Houston Methodist Hospital for him in the name of "J.T. Conover." They put a Houston ambulance on a stand-by alert at the airport for an unnamed patient "suffering from diabetes...
...former president of Young Harris College, a small Methodist school in Georgia, Lance keeps a Bible in his office, as does Carter. Lance had to drop out of the University of Georgia in his senior year and never did get a college degree. He admits to not being steeped in the intricacies of macroeconomics or international finance. "I belong to the 'people school' of economics," he told TIME. Right after the election he also said, "It's awfully important that [Carter] show people early on that he can deal with the economy in a positive manner...
...Hughes was generating as much mystery from the grave as he had in life. In the most bizarre quest for information yet, a neuropathologist will soon examine a portion of Hughes' brain that has been pickled and preserved in a jar on a shelf in Houston's Methodist Hospital. His mission: to look for evidence of disease or damage that could have impaired Hughes' judgment; such a finding would throw into question anything that Hughes signed or said during his later years...
Fully understanding Blue, and what he calls his "mission" in the world, however, requires wading through such rhetorical pronouncements. He comes out of an old tradition--out of the old black African Methodist church, out of rhythm and blues, out of shouts and hollers and revivalism. As a child in a poor area of Cleveland, he heard his father tell of his grandfather who had been a slave. The family took religion very seriously (says Blue, "My daddy wore the Bible out with his eyes,"), and religion remains a very strong facet of Blue's life. Blue began his career...
Most of the towns are mainstreet hamlets, their once glorious centers gently crumbling away while small industry and chain stores encroach on the fringes. There are the Greek Revival houses, the ubiquitous Baptist and Methodist churches, Confederate statues and, always, in the county seats, the courthouse squares. The residents know everyone and everyone's business. Ultimately there grows a deep sense of belonging, of defining one's life through one's place in the community...