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...study of religions has led to extensive research in the field of psychic phenomena. He has hundreds of volumes on the subject. He is an accomplished hypnotist. He has even held sessions with spiritualists. He has started to write a novel called Brother Miracle, tying psychic phenomena to religion in the story of a monk who experiences an extraordinary manifestation of psychic power. The novel's conclusion, says Jackie, is that "faith is to be placed in God and not in bizarre activities...
...told them to keep the rest of their $11 million, explaining that it was impossible to maintain good material at the accelerated pace. "You'll have to give us time to think it over." said Buick. nonplused. They thought it over and finally agreed. Like all TV phenomena. Gleason had reached a peak and was apparently in decline. In 1957-58, he took a year...
Great would be the hue and cry if a foreign nation refused to let American Negroes enter the country in order to participate on the U.S. Olympic team. This is exactly analogous to the Jordanian refusal to allow American Jews to work on Project Jarba. The phenomena and their origins are different, but the effects are identical: Secondclass citizenship for Americans who are entitled by the Constitution to enjoy equal opportunities...
...temptations of Becket were absolutely personal matters in Eliot's play; the murderers were historical phenomena which he sought to make irrelevant by giving them final speeches that were comically out of phase with the spiritual issue of the drama...
Small & Nasty. At their best, O'Hara's stories have no murky depths, but a kind of mordant clarity. Exactly Eight Thousand Dollars Exactly is a quick, clear look at the phenomena of brotherly hate. A middle-aged no-good arrives at an industrial park to put the touch on his brother, who runs the place. He treads indifferently on the sensibilities of a couple of employees, listens stonily while his brother tells him he is worthless. But once he has the check in hand, he leaves with a sneer for his brother and, as a parting note...