Word: reverend
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Reverend William Wallace, rector of Emmanuel Church, believes that the power of Bach's cantatas is not limited to the religious. "Art has to be expressed with a genre; that's a given. Bach's genre is sacred music. You don't have to subscribe to Bach's beliefs to experience the art form." He also highlighted the fact that these cantatas were written for the liturgy, that it is "an incredible gift to be able to contain the soul of Bach's music within a service...
Other songs pay respect to past R&B styles. "Thinking of You" is designed as a tribute to Al Green, and it perfectly captures the essence of the Reverend's meld of Southern gospel and soul, right down to the plaintive and passionate yearnings that shake you down to your bones and make you want to jump up and testify. "Don't Fall in Love" liberally appropriates the flavor of the Temptations; "Holy Smokes & Gee Wiz" evokes old-school Philly soul. Yet, despite relying on borrowed influences, Tony Toni Tone's sound transcends these retro styles and remains unmistakably original...
...denying a blessing to two men who love one another. Such denial would be deeply discriminatory. On the other hand, unless the laws change and the blurred line between ecclesiastical and civil authority is redrawn, the possibility of a same-sex marriage cannot in fact be decided by the Reverend Mr. Gomes, nor can Harvard, powerful as it is, settle the issue with policy-making. --Peter Kosewski Radcliffe College Communications Office
...Reverend Gomes gave a wonderful speech," says Adam R. Ross, Jeremy's father. "He touched on every parent's concern on how their kids have changed so far," Ross says...
...that of the Catholic Church during the Spanish Inquisition, comprehends legitimacy only as autocratic sanction. Moreover, they contend that office space, which is a good measure of institutional sovereignty on this campus, should only be doled out to "God-fearing conservatives." What is even more outrageous is that the Reverend Peter Gomes, who presides over Memorial Church, serves as a punching bag for Peninsula rather than a moral example because he identifies himself as a homosexual...