Word: ruth
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...invited Graham to visit him for lunch and dinner several times in the last two years, but Graham, who was hospitalized for two weeks this summer with intestinal bleeding, was unable to make the trip. He had long been reluctant to leave his Montreat, N.C., home while his wife Ruth, was bedridden. Ruth, age 87, died in June...
...would prefer to meet him in Crawford, Texas, rather than Washington. He told us in January that he was concerned about the President - and worried about the progress of the war in Iraq, where his grandson was fighting as an Army Ranger. The President called the preacher after Ruth's death, and last week finally managed to meet with him. "They shared fellowship and prayer and encouragement," said one well-placed source...
...What does the Carter Center do? And how is it related to Habitat for Humanity? Ruth Bennett, Sterling Heights, Mich. The Carter Center is completely separate. We put in 51 weeks a year on the center and one week on Habitat. The center is designed to meet the needs of the poorest and most forgotten people in the world. We deal with neglected diseases. We mediate disputes. The thing that gets the most publicity is Habitat. Last year we built 100 homes in India in just four days because Brad Pitt showed up and we were inundated with unanticipated volunteers...
...Space Carved Out,” choreographed by Ruth Bronwen and performed by Catherine Murcek, was the most pleasant piece of the evening. The soundtrack consisted of peaceful vocals and strings, as well as a prayer-like poem. The choreography, which switched seamlessly between alternately violent and flowing movements, gave the piece a sentiment that was at once intensely focused and serene. Murcek’s earnest expression and effortless executions made the piece a pleasure to watch...
...contributions to literature and for “bearing witness to the past.” This is Morrison’s second visit to Harvard this year, having received the 2007 Radcliffe Institute Medal in June. Morrison read at the presidential inaugurations of Brown University President Ruth J. Simmons and University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann. Faust said that Morrison asked if she could also read during the inauguration festivities. “And I said, ‘Are you kidding?’” Faust exclaimed. The evening’s concert in Sanders featured...