Word: pointedness
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As Septimus Hodge says, “When we have found all the meanings and lost all the mysteries, we will be alone, on an empty shore.” Every meaning is properly discovered by a thoughtful performance of “Arcadia,” Tom Stoppard?...
But Judge Bellows' ruling has a second section that apparently requires more deliberation. Henry Burt, a spokesman for the Episcopal Church's Virginia Diocese, which had sued the 11 churches to maintain the property, admitted that "the finding in the case is initially favorable to the [seceding] congregations," but pointed...
It has become apparent that in the world of college wrestling, the Big Ten spells trouble.Iowa, Ohio State, and Penn State claimed the top three spots last weekend at the NCAA Championships in St. Louis, Mo., leading a Big Ten group that overwhelmed the field with 10 teams in the...
While many Muslim experts and organizations say the images in Fitna are shocking and atrocious, they are nothing new. Although they object to what's been called a "caricature of Islam," they say any violence would be an overreaction. These were welcome words to Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, who...
On Jan. 7, the board reinstated Schultz as CEO to revive the coffee empire. "It's a time for reinvention, and there's no one better to do it than Howard," says Howard Behar, who ran Starbucks' international operations throughout the late 1990s and as a board member voted to...