Word: rebirth
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...across Washington, adversaries and critics in remarkable harmony pulled for yet another rebirth of Jimmy Carter. "There is no other nation on earth that .could have planned and executed, even as far as it went, such a mission," said James Schlesinger, former Secretary of Defense. "Let the Soviets chortle. They could not have done...
...churches across the country, millions of Americans joined in this traditional hymn and others like it on Easter Sunday. They sang of spiritual rebirth, of renewed hope, of joy in the season. But this was an unusually somber Easter, and many a churchgoer could not forget that half a world away, in the U.S. embassy in Tehran, 50 Americans had begun their sixth month of cruel captivity. They, too, had been promised permission to attend Easter services, to be conducted by three Christian clergymen from the U.S. The clergymen flew from New York City's Kennedy Airport, bearing what...
...revitalization leader brings both political and religious sustenance to those in need; he converts his own profound religious experience to political purposes. In his mission of bringing spiritual rebirth, such a leader necessarily deals in symbols; he often derives his own power from the ability to communicate with supernatural agents. He talks directly with God often through prayer. An 'outsider,' he stands apart from the existing authority structure, and against the Establishment, deriving his powers from his experience with the supernatural...
BUBBLING INSIDE those Baptist-cold blue eyes, however, is a heritage of whippings, humiliation, defeat, depression and finally--drumroll--rebirth. Since Mazlish and Diamond finished their book, however, Carter has strayed from the authors' picture of him as a model of control. "Carter's incredible competitive streak nowhere appears in any of the accounts of his White House days," the authors write. This about the man who said he would whip his opponent's ass. And "crisis thinking," the authors tell us, "runs counter to Carter's instincts." A terrific politician, perhaps--but a dismal leader...
...doesn't see it this way. "The fucking machine, if it wasn't already dead, I'd kill it." Yes, yes, I know what she means but my head is down on the keyboard waiting for the half-hearted cheer and agitated, pathetic energy that greets The Machine's rebirth. A terminal watcher walks by and says 'I think we have a casualty," and I wonder he is referring to me or the terminal, whose plug I just undid when I crossed my legs. I make a mental note never to do that again in the computer's presence...