Word: requester
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Private citizens are no better: we dismiss politicians who would deign to invoke spiritual belief in the public arena (or in a Undergraduate Council election), yet, if survey data is accurate, we too are not above putting in a request to a higher power...
...anything. We have no power to do so. Our second power is to to give money to student groups, to allocate money for events like Springfest. But even this is a woefully limited power. We have only enough money to give student groups a third of that which they request, leaving them feeling bitter and unsatisfied. And the funds left over for Springfest shamefully force the council to have no other option but to produce a Springfest which will inevitably be a disappointment to students. Thus, a better future for the council, I think, will necessitate an increase of funds...
...almost midnight, and George Bush is asleep in his Moscow hotel suite when plainclothes police bang on the door. Through an interpreter from the Russian Foreign Ministry, they announce that they are placing the visiting former U.S. President under arrest on an extradition request from Iraq. He is charged with war crimes, including an air attack during the Gulf War that targeted an underground bomb shelter and killed hundreds of civilians...
Rather than erase him, God rewards him. At Moses' request, God agrees to reveal himself to Moses. "But, you cannot see my face," he explains. But "see there is a place near me. Station yourself on the rock and, as my Presence passes by, I will put you in a cleft of the rock and shield you with my hand." Moses will be able to see him from behind. It is not until later that Moses realizes the full consequence of this experience. Returning to his people, he notices that "they shrank from coming near him": his face has taken...
...than exclusive. These aims are reflected in the diversity of people their campaign has attracted. Religion has never been mentioned as part of the King-Driskell campaign, nor are either King or Driskell members of the specific Christian organization, Christian Fellowship, to which an e-mail including a prayer request for the team was recently sent...