Word: renderings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...eyes of traditional church leaders, the popular authors who render angels into household pets, who invite readers to get in touch with their inner angel, or summon their own "angel psychotherapist," or view themselves as angels in training are trafficking in discount spirituality. And the churches are at a loss for a response. "What's troubling is that many religious leaders today acknowledge this but don't know what to do about it," admits George Landes, professor of Old Testament at Union Theological , Seminary. "They remain skeptical of the extravagance of angelology but don't know what...
...point is well taken that certain immutable characteristics of men and women make complete neutrality inaccurate. Ideally, the value of "separate but equal," which American law has solidly rejected, is precisely what would render sexual justice. Women and men should be recognized for the different types of people that they are, while being guaranteed equal access to all the privileges of society...
...addition to the bizarre melange of genres, the film is somewhat annoying in its Dan Quayle-esque Republican insistence upon family values. Though Haynes is a slime and a psychological misfit, Eastwood and Costner render him thoroughly endearing to the audience. The film also suggests that Haynes is somehow less accountable for his actions, and his anti-child-molesting streak becomes the prime justification for some of his crazy antics. The film never makes a definitive statement on the question of this moral responsibility, but chooses its points of drama for the lesser issues of the guilt, fear and confusion...
...present popular discontent may produce some needed changes in immigration laws and practices. But there is no turning back: diversity breeds diversity. It is the fuel that runs today's America and, in a world being transformed daily by technologies that render distances meaningless, it puts America in the forefront of a new international order...
Just how carefully balanced does a jury have to be in order to render a fair verdict -- not to mention one that the public will believe is fair? In language dating back to the Magna Carta, the English common-law tradition promises defendants a jury of their "peers." The U.S. Constitution mandates "an impartial jury," and American law requires that it be drawn from a representative cross section of the community...