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...like a choir. "And I don't mind," he said, trailing off beneath the second and third waves of response. "Like anybody I would like to live--a long life--longevity has its place." The whole building suddenly hushed, which let sounds of thunder and rain fall from the roof. "But I'm not concerned about that now," said King. "I just want to do God's will." There was a subdued call of "Yes!" in the crowd. "And he's allowed me to go up the mountain," King cried, building intensity. "And I've looked over. And I have...
...King extolled the discipline of civil disobedience instead, which he defined not as a right but a personal homage to untapped democratic energy. The staff must "bring to bear all of the power of nonviolence on the economic problem," he urged, even though nothing in the Constitution promised a roof or a meal. "I say all of these things because I want us to know the hardness of the task," King concluded, breaking off with his most basic plea: "We must not be intimidated by those who are laughing at nonviolence...
...ceiling of Richard Jones' house in Biloxi, Miss., had just caved in, revealing that his roof had been torn away. That was the good news. Half a mile away on that afternoon of Aug. 29, as Hurricane Katrina sent up 30-ft. storm surges, Jones, 53, knew a flood was raging in from the Bay of Biloxi because the water was rising rapidly in the storm drain on his street. But what worried the high school history teacher more was the debris clogging a larger storm drain nearby, part of a network designed to draw off flooding from Biloxi...
...know that what he did saved our homes." Says Jones: "I just did what I thought needed to be done for my neighbors and my house, and I had the skill and equipment to do it." Jones' home suffered $30,000 in damage and has had to have its roof replaced. Parker says the bravery is typical of Jones, who after the storm called his brother in Florida to ask him to deliver ice, steaks and other supplies to the neighborhood. "During normal times, you could not ask for a better neighbor," she says. "But what...
...They even get us to buy--God help us--puggles. You should be grateful that Sharon Stone and Tom Hanks merely ask you to join the fight against AIDS. They could just as easily command you to build a pair of wings out of newspaper and fly off the roof of your garage...