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Football, sanity, and sex are the three biggest players on the field in Matthew Quick’s “The Silver Linings Playbook.” Quick tells his tale from the perspective of Pat Peoples, a 34-year-old man who has just been released from a mental institution—or “the bad place,” as he calls it. Written in the style of an extended, journal-like letter to his ex-wife, Pat documents his obsession with her, his slow recovery from mental illness, and the importance of the Philadelphia...
...some famous Pentecostals? Some of the most prominent televangelists have been Pentecostal, including Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, Jimmy Swaggart, Pat Robertson and T.D. Jakes. John Ashcroft, the former U.S. Attorney General and Senator from Missouri, is a member of the Assemblies of God and is the first Pentecostal to have attained such high political office...
...next two days in back-to-back meetings with gas producers. One of her first appointments was Marty Rutherford, Irwin's deputy, who agreed to act in Irwin's old job until Irwin could return a few months later. The two veterans joined with another Palin appointee, revenue commissioner Pat Galvin, to form what everyone in Alaska politics simply calls the "gas team." Their job: get the pipeline built...
...There is definitely a significant level of frustration judging by the conversations I've had with former colleagues," says Pat Toomey, a former GOP Congressman from Pennsylvania who now heads the conservative group Club for Growth. "Who's in leadership will depend on the outcome of elections. They may go very well in November - which isn't looking very likely, but if they do, Boehner and Blunt might be able to stay...
...worst for small businesses is the freezing of credit markets, says Pat Convery, president of the Howell Area Chamber of Commerce. "There's a lot of angst and confusion," she says. "People are almost afraid to turn on the radio or TV. No one knows what's coming next." - By Maggie Sieger / Grand Rapids...