Word: revs
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Only one speaker at today’s Faculty meeting, the Rev. Peter J. Gomes, lamented the requirement’s demise...
...generation ago, before the Christian Coalition rose from the ashes of Rev. Pat Robertson's failed bid for the U. S. presidency and the demise of Jerry Falwell's Moral Majority (which disbanded but has recently been revived by Falwell), evangelicals considered politics too worldly for their attention. More than any other group, the coalition mobilized the religious right and gave evangelicals a taste of their potential clout on such issues as abortion and prayer in schools. But as most large political organizations eventually do, the coalition, which has recently weathered declining membership, shakeups in several state chapters and financial...
...REV.) GINO DALPIAZ SCALABRINI HOUSE OF THEOLOGY Chicago...
...only one with doubts. Investors and industry watchers are wondering whether Nissan can rev up its sagging sales with the new models. The company has hit some speed bumps lately, after a long run of posting record sales and profits, largely engineered by Ghosn's multicontinental managing act (which has included running Renault since last year). In the first six months of Nissan's 2006 fiscal year, operating profits fell 15.3%, to $3 billion. Vehicle sales fell 6.9% worldwide, and revenues have been flat, at about $39 billion...
...opera, which could be dubbed "As Milingo turns," has been twisting for years. Attentive viewers may remember that Milingo, who'd built a loyal international following for his passionate sermons and purported faith-healing prowess, shocked the Catholic Church in 2001 by suddenly marrying a South Korean woman in Rev. Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church. Milingo later patched things up with the Vatican, which simply never recognized his marriage to his handpicked bride, who held a weeks-long sit-in protest in St. Peter's Square, demanding her husband back. Milingo later published a book in which he repented...