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...destruction. But in localities like al-Bireh, Hamas officials are focusing on winning hearts and minds by doing the small stuff. "One hand is resisting, the other is building," says Abu Tir, whose full beard is stained orange with henna in the style thought to be favored by the Prophet Muhammad. "This is what the Koran tells us, and this is the principle we will adhere...
...HAVE A FAVORITE BIBLE HERO? Moses was the greatest legislator and the commander in chief of perhaps the first liberation army. He was a prophet, God's representative to the people and the people's representative to God. And he never had a good day in his life. Either the people were against him, or God was against...
Scour the Bible all you like for an apologetic prophet-one who publicly regrets having been "insensitive" to his audience-but you'll come up empty. Not so in today's world. Take Pat Robertson, Christian Right pioneer and host of the 700 Club. Last week, within a day of Sharon's massive stroke, the televangelist asserted that it had been God's punishment for leader's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip: "Here he's at the point of death. He was dividing God's land," said Robertson. "For any prime minister of Israel who decides he's going...
DIED. JOHN DIEBOLD, 79, technology prophet whose 1952 book, Automation, argued that programmable devices would become vital everyday tools for businesses; in Bedford Hills, N.Y. An adviser to AT&T and IBM, he came up with his then-radical idea while serving as a World War II merchant marine, by observing the primitive self-correcting technology of antiaircraft control systems on ships...
Make your December alcoholism fun again with the “A Charlie Brown Christmas” drinking game. The 1965 television special has been teaching the important holiday lessons for years. Charlie goes from juvenile depressive to play director, Linus goes from psychological problem child to biblical prophet, and the whole gang learns Christmas is about decorating puny trees. If you need to keep your annoying cousins company after Christmas dinner, plop them in front of the TV, pop this into the DVD player, and break the seal on a bottle of gin. TAKE A SHOT?...