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...darken Graham's mission. His sincerity, transparent and convincing, cannot be denied. He is an icon essential to a country in which, for two centuries now, religion has been not the opiate but the poetry of the people. In the U.S., 96% of us believe in God, 90% pray, and 90% believe God loves them, according to Gallup polls. Graham is totally representative of American religious universalism. You don't run for office among us by proclaiming your skepticism or by deprecating Billy Graham...
Fast-forward 100 years. What will the Harvard of the future look like? Will students fly from class to class in metal space pods? Will the Harvard campus be an abandoned ghost town of ruins after World War Three? Will people flock from galaxies around to pray to William James Hall...
Fast-forward 100 years. What will the Harvard of the future look like? Will students fly from class to class in metal space pods? Will the Harvard campus be an abandoned ghost town of ruins after World War Three? Will people flock from galaxies around to pray to William James Hall...
...Telephone? Wireless? Satellite? No one knows for sure, and Microsoft and AOL--both of whose businesses depend on the answer--are at pains to appear neutral in the coming shakeout. "We're pipe agnostic," says Microsoft vice president Brad Chase. Which actually means they have to be ready to pray at all the altars. That's why Microsoft and AOL were vying to be best man at the wedding of AT&T and cable giant MediaOne; they both wanted a piece of the cable-modem action...
...testis, for testicles. When Roman men gave testimony, they held their testicles in their hand, for they regarded them as sacred. This custom is mentioned in the Old Testament. In the King James translation, the passage reads, "And Abraham said: 'unto his eldest servant of his house... Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh: And I will make thee swear...'" In the future when Hollywood makes a biblical or Roman epic, it might include a scene of a man testifying in the authentic manner...a reel grabber. TOM GILL North Beach...