Word: rife
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...look upon it as a small miracle. (My gospel, after all, will speak of miracles.) Yet I would hope to remain closer to the truth. Mark, Matthew, Luke, and John were seeking to enlarge their fold." In other words, Mailer's Jesus suggests that the New Testament is rife with errors and exaggerations and that the time has come to set the record straight: "What is for me to tell remains neither a simple story nor without surprise, but it is true, at least to all that I recall...
...been spared. But not even the Christ-haunted Dostoyevsky tried to go where Mailer has now rushed in. Mailer anticipates and tries to soothe the initial uneasiness that his book will arouse in most of those who pick it up. Mailer?s Jesus suggests that the New Testament is rife with errors and exaggerations and that the time has come to set the record straight: ?What is for me to tell remains neither a simple story nor without surprise, but it is true, at least to all that I recall.? But believing Christians are going to have a little problem...
...announced the U.S.'s recovery plan for Europe in the wake of World War II, creating a turning point in the 20th century. It is perhaps unfair to ask her to make a proposal equal in importance to the Marshall Plan. Nonetheless, the choice of Albright as speaker in rife with historical meaning...
...time for male virgins to stand up for themselves and use their status as a measure of strength, not as a foible. In a culture that is rife with images of sex in advertisement, song, art and sport, it is difficult for male virgins to view their virginity as anything but a negative. But they must view virginity as positive, else they will rush into the sexual act because of pressure, not because of love, curiosity, or genuine interest...
When the play deviated from the theme of being Jewish and the characters' attempts at dealing with it, the shallowness of the characters became glaringly obvious. All that the actors could do was promulgate the stereotypes with which the play is rife. Although the stereotypes are funny up to a point, the viewer, while still laughing at the jokes, tires of them as the play continues...