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...which she meant an official attendance roll. Because the day was Thursday, not Sunday. And the location was not Oakwood Baptist Church, a mile down Texas State Highway 46, but New Braunfels High School, a public school that began offering a Bible-literacy class last fall. The class has its share of conservative Christians. Front-row center sat Rachel Williams, 18, whose mother does teach Sunday school at Oakwood. But not 20 ft. away sat a blond atheist who asked that her name not be used because she hasn't outed herself to her parents. Why take a Bible class...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Case for Teaching The Bible | 3/22/2007 | See Source »

...side street in the small, leafy university town of Charlottesville, Va., there is an unassuming door with a buzzer next to it marked Oakwood Books. It doesn't look like much--it's next door to a mini-mall--but behind it is an enterprise that earns in the neighborhood of $20 million annually. Its sole asset fits in a comfy chair at a red-leather-covered conference table. The asset is good-natured and at ease with himself. With his smooth Southern accent, listening to him talk is like sniffing bourbon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Grisham's New Pitch | 10/9/2006 | See Source »

...show them 120 years of history, it gives them an enormous level of comfort." Other firms find their own ways to impress, not least with a seductive patina of opulence. A stark, cool modernism pervades Credit Suisse's Singapore office, while the Persian rugs and somber oakwood in Citigroup's office across town convey a reassuring, grandfatherly solidity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bespoke Banking | 8/21/2006 | See Source »

...Warren Buffett, who has planted a cornerstone in the market. Last year Buffett's company, Berkshire Hathaway, spent about $1.7 billion to acquire Clayton Homes, a manufactured-housing company in Tennessee that had sales of $1.2 billion in 2003. This year Clayton, in turn, spent $373 million to acquire Oakwood Homes, which offers a mix of modular and more traditionally manufactured homes. The lower end of the prefab industry is recovering after a wave of defaults resulting from overzealous lending. With interest rates climbing, more customers may now opt for relatively inexpensive manufactured homes. Recently, the damage caused by Hurricane...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Homebuilding: Prefab Rehab | 9/6/2004 | See Source »

When 296 mutinous soldiers tromped out of Makati's Oakwood Premier serviced apartments last week, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo survived her greatest challenge in 19 months in office...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bad Boys | 8/4/2003 | See Source »

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