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...California's Fuller Theological Seminary. Evangelical Theologian Henry counsels, "You shouldn't say that the Bible requires every legislative position you take. Christians should use reasons that the secular community uses, such as appealing to the greater good for the greater number." Even Falwell agrees that change is nigh. He has always enjoyed having the last word, and once more he has it: "Never again will there be a Ronald Reagan-Jerry Falwell dual view for the Religious Right. It is now a sophisticated movement with many leaders who are issues-oriented. Don't make the mistake of thinking that...
...Britain's worst windstorms kept many dealers home. That day's selling gusts from New York make things even worse. Says Christopher Dark, a manager of Salomon Brothers' London branch: "I keep thinking about the little man with the sign saying THE END OF THE WORLD IS NIGH...
...competition with Broadway fare, Miss Daisy last week won Drama Desk Award nominations for Playwright Alfred Uhry, Director Ron Lagomarsino and all three members of the well-nigh perfect cast. Attempts are under way to move it to a larger theater, and eventually it seems fated to follow the traditional happy path of an off-Broadway hit: toward a long and honorable life in regional theaters across America...
...answer offers an absorbing new way of looking at events that have long since been submerged in myth and hindsight. In 1943, when Dwight D. Eisenhower was appointed Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe, his mission seemed well-nigh impossible. Not only did he have to create an effective means of commanding a mixture of U.S. and British armed services, but he was also compelled to walk a narrow line between the differing objectives promoted by Roosevelt and Churchill. The decision to launch a huge invasion of Nazi-occupied France, on which the Allies uneasily agreed, implied...
...each year--for diesel- and gasoline-powered machinery, for petroleum-based fertilizers and pesticides, and for pumps used to lift and distribute irrigation water. With spring planting on the way, the timing of the oil-price collapse is, from the farmer's point of view, well- nigh perfect. Diesel-fuel prices have dropped so far this year by anywhere from 23 cents to 30 cents per gal., to as low as 50 cents. Costs are expected to come down for the farmer's favorite fertilizer, anhydrous ammonia, to $165 per ton from last year...