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...sitting in the Oak Grove Baptist Church in Gray, TN, trying to look like I belonged there. The pastor, Ronnie Brashear, was talking about “sowing the seed” of Christianity in the community. But the subject of his sermon wasn’t what impressed me. Brashear had an amazing ability to get everybody involved. He didn’t berate the congregation, but when he said “amen” he wanted you to say it and mean...
...18th century magnificence and technologically catapulted into the 21st century after $81.3 million and 30 months, that received the biggest raves. To improve the acoustics, renovators removed rubble buried under the stalls during a hurried reconstruction after a 1943 Allied bombing, and added a 12-tiered "floating" oak floor to improve resonance. The 17-story-high stage tower features machinery that can handle three complete scene changes, which used to be done by hand. "Our new stage machinery is the most modern in the world. Until last year we needed hours or days to shift scenery," said Muti...
...Hensel is dogged by the sense that life is short and that too much shut-eye just makes it shorter. "During work," he says, "sometimes I feel that there's so much out there I could be doing." That attitude can take obsessive forms. Kaye White, 48, of Oak Park, Ill., markets McDonald's Happy Meals during the day, then sometimes stays awake until 2 a.m. baking cakes for friends. Once, for a stretch of several weeks, she devoted her extra time to drawing elaborate decorations on her children's lunch bags. "I have a weird compulsion to be superwoman...
...season into a Top 10 hit by presenting itself less as a home-improvement show than a life-improvement show. Each week the design team meets a family with a heart-wrenching story--disability, death, debt--and tailors a monster renovation to its needs. For the Vardon family of Oak Park, Mich.--two deaf parents with a blind, autistic son named Lance, 12, and a sighted son Stefan, 14--the team built a house with high-tech aids, including flashing-light smoke alarms and Braille labels on the walls. The Vardons also got a $50,000 college scholarship for Stefan...
...Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century Summits of Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder and added a 12-tiered "floating" oak floor to improve resonance. The 17-story-high stage tower features machinery that can handle three complete scene changes, which used to be done by hand. "Our new stage machinery is the most modern in the world. Until last year we needed hours or days to shift scenery," said Muti...