Word: rolls
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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That's a sentiment echoed in the U.S. by postdenominational Protestantism, a religious movement that links thousands of U.S. churches in informal networks outside the boundaries of mainline Protestant or evangelical denominations. The churches fill their services with rock 'n' roll, recovery counseling and a nonjudgmental approach to a wide range of life-styles. The movement has been making increasing use of computer communications technologies. Says University of Southern California sociologist Donald Miller, who has followed the rapid growth of postdenominational churches: "There's definitely a congruence between these technologies and the outlook of these churches...
...Valley Girls, drag queens or CEOs, these phrases, once they're disseminated by the media, become part of our shared response to the little frustrations of modern life. More and more, that response tends to be a dismissive pique, as these buzzbarbs--expressed with just the right inflections--verbally roll up the window on any nuisance that might come tapping at the tinted glass...
...have to admit it. I was a skeptic. Then "Steelers Roll Left" came along and altered all noteworthy human events from now until eternity. OK, it was "just" the national championship picture...
Nope. This is when the play known as "Steelers Roll Left" took its place in college football history. Brown faked it to Holmes, who was swallowed up by Nebraska's "D," then rolled left. He later said he could have run for the first down, but he lofted the ball over the Nebraska defenders instead...
...Clive, the bland boyfriend (Les Welter, an MFA candidate in theater arts), he helps the conflict roll along, siding with the daughter only to fall to her wrath later for inquiring about personal details. His character seems entirely superfluous, and does not really contribute to the development of the play...