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...Invoking the words of God, the priests regularly threaten the young men with tales of hell and torture. They force the boys to believe that the orphanage is their last refuge in a society that has rejected them. Daily religious instruction inculcates the boys to accept their lot and pray for a heaven--a better life--in the next world, or suffer the consequences of eternal damnation here on earth...
Virtually the only Fifth Avenue building without even a sprig of festoonery is Saint Patrick's Cathedral. But then Christmas in New York, as in most American cities, is less a religious feast than a mercantile festival, whose motto could be "Buy now, pray later." Many retailers rely on this season for fully half their sales and profits. Similarly, performing-arts organizations use holiday chestnuts like Amahl and the Night Visitors and Handel's Messiah as surefire crowd lures. The New York City Ballet's production of George Balanchine's The Nutcracker plays to more than 100,000 people each...
Many goaltenders would gulp and pray. Tracy, instead, charged out of his crease, and, as Mulhern cut left, lunged with his stick to poke-check the puck away from Mulhern. In the same motion, Tracy was also able to corral the biscuit under his body to stop the play...
...film also addresses the nature of story telling itself. The story opens when a publisher arrives in the village, wanting more information about the Donnadieus' story. The publisher provides a voice-over, recounting how his ancestors used to go into the woods to light a fire and pray. As generations passed, aspects of that ritual were lost--the ability to pray, to light a fire, even to know where the sacred place was. All that remains in our generation is the ability to tell the story...
...shiftingschool prayer stance, Vice President Al Gore today came out against it. "I oppose any proposal and the President opposes any proposal to have government employees taking over the responsibility of teaching our children how to worship God, or what tradition in which to worship God or how to pray," Gore told the General Assembly of the Council of Jewish Federations. "That is the job that must be handled by families, parents, churches, synagogues" and other religious organizations, Gore said as the audience applauded. Gore's statements fly in the face of Clinton's earlier remarks Tuesday in which...