Word: mortality
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...wealth not as afterlife's reward but as descended upon the chosen among men. It is not, after all, by accident that socialite and actor alike go by the name of "star"--star who could be god to more men than any man might be devil, star whose mortal success might so seem to fulfill the richest reddest blooded fantasies of the most American that it could appear as immortality achieved on earth. Gatsby would be as much monarch of his fortunes as any star could later feel of his screen, both immortals to unspeakably glorify the heart of America...
...figure further, figure even preposterously, that God gives all things equally to all men. Then if mortal life is rotten for most, the soul's reward will be golden. Then too, mortal stardom as every man's dream may be the star's nightmare. As it was Gatsby's, it would later be Hollywood's. Yes, Gatsby's falling star might have seen it writ in the stars that he and his kind would pass on the dreams of America to Hollywood. The talent though not the creed would change, and the next generation of immortals might be his progeny...
...Buendias of One Hundred Years of Solitude were a superhuman dynasty, and they lived out their one hundred years as if they were in their natural element. Fifty years passed, but Aureliano went on making little gold fishes and planning for a "mortal con-flagration that would wipe out all vestiges of a regime of corruption." Fifty years of wind and rain passed, and Aureliano's father remained tied to the tree in the yard. "Four years, eleven months, and two days" of rain flooded the town, but his mother kept the house dry and safe...
...Saturday, a priest may now sit on the church steps waiting wistfully for even one sinner to show up. The reasons for the sacrament's neglect are probably many: a severe drop in church attendance, a new theology of sin that does not stress the damning "mortal" sins of pre-Vatican II days, an avoidance of confession by some who practice contraception, or an increasing reluctance to enter dark, close quarters to recite one's sins to an unseen judge...
Shortlived Tie. Through the first three quarters of the game, last Saturday U.C.L.A. looked mortal again. With Bill Walton sitting out most of the action after getting into early foul trouble, North Carolina State led at halftime by one point. With 10 minutes left the game was tied. The only reason U.C.L.A. was still in contention was that Keith ("Silk") Wilkes was artfully unraveling the Wolfpack's defense with his smooth shooting. Then Walton returned. Though he scored only a few points, his presence seemed to rattle N.C. State. Burleson in particular seemed to lose his bearings and U.C.L.A...