Word: rebirth
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...Delmore never stopped trying. Through the chaos of his life, trailing from one rented room to the next, he made desperate resolutions: "To get up at eight o'clock-and to take vitamins, join a gym, buy new clothes, answer mail." Occasionally there was rebirth, as with his poem about the disciples, "Starlight like Intuition Pierced the Twelve"-Schwartz always could write titles. But below the labels the quality was diminishing...
...considered the most fortunate moment of one's life, the time when one can travel to the Blessed City asking for God's forgiveness, hoping for complete forgiveness of one's sins and transgressions. Thus men's sheets and women's dresses are usually white, signifying a purer rebirth of the soul...
...rebirth of Homo habilis was not easy. Fischer asked Hollywood Makeup Artist Bob O'Bradovich, whose credits include work for Beatlemania and the Hallmark Hall of Fame, to prepare a mask of Homo habilis from Leakey's sketches. A rubber model was made in New York, which Fischer and O'Bradovich then took to Leakey in Nairobi...
Pinball's rebirth is especially visible in suburban shopping centers. The bells ring again on college campuses, in airports, clubs and hotels. Even in Las Vegas, where any form of competition to the lucrative slots was discouraged, at least ten major hotels now have space reserved for pin play. A Midwestern firm has installed pins to keep its salesmen on a competitive kick at lunchtime. Celebrated pinball addicts-who do not call themselves pinheads-include Andrea McArdle, star of Annie; Bill Cosby, Ann-Margret, Mike Nichols, Sammy Davis Jr., Elliott Gould and, of course, Elton John, whose role...
...spiritual rebirth through Christ often came to people who had been hostile or indifferent to religion before. Crist, Duff and Donovan all found Christ through high school friends, after long periods of skepticism. Each say they knowingly let Christ into their hearts with all the self-denial and possible hardship it might entail. Fletcher and Brannan both came from Texas towns where strong Christian organizations operated in their high schools. Brannan says he went to his first Fellowship of Christian Athletes meeting because it was being held at the house of a girl he wanted to see. Whatever the initial...