Word: piousness
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...successive totalitarianisms. Forced to work at a limestone quarry, he risked his life by studying at a clandestine seminary and narrowly escaping arrest by the Nazis by hiding in a basement apartment. Observing his countrymen in bondage and hearing of Jewish friends carted off to certain death, the long-pious youth gravitated to the church, one of the few centers of even passive resistance...
...months without refrigeration. Parmalat's distinctive cartons soon became a fixture in stores across Italy, and ultimately conquered Europe and much of the world. Tanzi also discovered the power of sports marketing, and plastered the Parmalat name on events from World Cup skiing to Formula One racing. A pious Catholic, Tanzi was a generous benefactor who sponsored the restoration of Parma's 11th century basilica and funded its professional soccer team. And he seemed modest about his achievements. He didn't smoke, drank little and drove his own Lexus. Behind his company's facade of success, however, a hole kept...
In the Shi'ite universe, the first requisite for leadership is erudition, measured by a lifetime's knowledge of Islamic principles and law. Sistani's learning is universally recognized. According to his official biography, the child born into a pious, scholarly family in rugged northeastern Iran began learning the Koran at age 5. He absorbed the conservative traditions of the Islamic seminaries in Qum, where he arrived as a 19-year-old prodigy. Three years later, he left to study in the Iraqi city of Najaf, the prestigious 1,000-year-old home to some...
Parents who want the Gospel without the gore can try The Animated Passion, with seven sing-along hymns, a blue-eyed Jesus enduring most of his pain off-camera, and a stodgy illustrative style. The less pious will turn to a South Park DVD, The Passion of the Jew, with Cartman as a neo--Hitler youth and Gibson as a raving loony. It's funny-angry, but for the gang's sturdiest liturgical statement, go to Season 4's Do the Handicapped Go to Hell? and its sequel, Probably. --By Richard Corliss
...Americans, the Governor's words recalled the blistering shame and crushing fear that can accompany an adolescent's realization that he is gay. "I often felt ambivalent about myself," said McGreevey, who turned 47 this month. He compensated by being a good Catholic kid, a member of a pious high school group called the God Squad, according to the New York Times. He toiled fiercely--to transfer from Catholic University to Columbia; to become an assemblyman, mayor and state senator; and finally--after two grinding campaigns--to take the oath as Governor. "Plan your work; work your plan," his father...