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...sometimes called "tall-steeple churches." Fourth Presbyterian, with its hefty 5,300-member-and-still-growing congregation, certainly fit that bill, and Adams appeared poised to ascend. At the same time, observers were bemused by what seemed her unusual acclimation period. "Fourth Presbee is one of the great beauty-pageant churches of American Christianity," noted the Rev. Eileen Lindner, deputy secretary of the National Council of Churches, last fall. "But prospective pastors at tall-steeple churches don't usually get training wheels...
...years since independence. But since returning to democracy in 1999, Nigerians have been freer to vent their frustrations. More than 10,000 have died in clashes prompted by everything from Muslim protests at U.S. bombing in Afghanistan to the decision to hold the Miss World beauty pageant in Abuja, the capital. Many Nigerians argue that the real reason for the violence is not ethnic or religious division - most Nigerians have peacefully coexisted for centuries - but the scramble for scarce resources and political clout. Though Nigeria produces some 2.4 million barrels of oil a day, most Nigerians live in poverty...
...activities range from ice skating to wiffle ball to live performances. Their largest annual event is their fall “Wimpy Body Contest.” “We try to get all of the wimpiest guys on campus and try to do a Miss America type pageant with them,” Finkel says. Breckman proudly adds, “I won the first year it was done...
...turned down Rockefeller grant application, zero job offers and rejection from numerous parties and women. Is that all? Not even close. The Din and Tonics denied him a spot five times, the Hasty Pudding Theatricals rejected him four times and last year the judges of the annual Miss Harvard pageant refused Maats the sparkling crown and velvet sash—for the second year in a row. “I have no qualms about being publicly humiliated,” he says. “I think that’s the nice thing about rejection. It?...
...take himself less seriously has limited the negative impact of rejection. “If I’d won Miss Harvard, I’m not sure I could have dealt with the tremendous responsibilities of that position,” he says of the mock beauty pageant. “She’s always an ambassador.” Where his voice is concerned, Hunter respects the notion of different strokes for different folks. “There’s no such thing as a bad singer, just bad for that genre...