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...authors suggest the text was a polemic--and a losing one, since martyrdom became a pillar of the church. But its angry tone supports a favorite theme of Pagels': that not all early believers embraced doctrines now accepted as handed down directly from Jesus...
...judges said that the main reason for their ruling was to protect the interests of public safety. Diana and Dodi Fayed were killed in Paris when their driver, trying to escape the paparazzi who had followed them from the Ritz Hotel, crashed into a pillar in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel. The judges argued that only a jury would be able to make appropriate recommendations on changing the law to stop paparazzi from harassing celebrities in the future. They also said that the "immense public interest" in the case worldwide called for transparency and made a jury necessary...
...concerned that the stipulation amounted to a confession by Watada to an offense to which he intended to plead not guilty," said Fort Lewis spokesman Joseph Piek. It was unclear why it had taken the judge three days to come to this conclusion concerning a document that was a pillar of the prosecution's case, but it was nevertheless devastating to the military prosecutors, who had rested their case the previous...
Perhaps the best gauge of behavior in the Square comes from a pillar of warmth in the cold—the Cambridge Visitors’ Information Center...
...nationalistic, while the new Europe is integrated—as exemplified by the European Union (EU), he said. Fischer warned that unless Turkey is eventually approved for membership in the EU, it will form an alliance with Russia and Iran. “Turkey will be the key pillar of security in the 21st century,” he said. Fischer’s speech was received by a standing ovation from the audience. “He [Fischer] was brilliant. He doesn’t have a bachelor’s degree and was a taxi driver...