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...justice" tradition, he says, "there was always discussion about the injustices and inequalities around the world and what we should do about it." But he does not think that Christ's word needs further elucidation in the region. Referring to indigenous churches that Evangelicals tend to ignore or scorn as compromised, he says, "You have to realize that Christianity has been part of the Middle East for 2,000 years. People here know all about my religion and don't need me to explain it. I don't feel I have anything more to teach the Muslims than they have...
DIED. KATHLEEN WINSOR, 83, whose 1944 novel Forever Amber was the first of a genre of racy, romantic best sellers; at her home in New York City. The book chronicled the sexual adventures of a young woman in Restoration England and drew the scorn of censors, including the Massachusetts attorney general, who counted 70 references to sexual intercourse and 39 illegitimate pregnancies in its 972 pages...
Those priorities do not include the arts. Which does not mean a scorn for the arts or a cynical willingness to sell them short. But curiously, it seems to me, the very climate we’re in now with a new or newish president, provost, Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) dean, dean of Harvard College and head of the Office for the Arts; with the review of undergraduate education and with the ongoing effort to figure out what to do with Allston makes this a pivotal time for Harvard arts advocacy...
...watchers were not interpreting it as viewers did in the West. "The people don't really know what they're doing," says Amman sociologist Sari Nasir, explaining away the joy. "It's collective behavior." Others expressed humiliation at the walloping defeat of the Iraqi forces, as well as scorn for those who welcomed foreign tanks into the city. "To see our dignity wiped out like that, I am ashamed to be an Arab," says Cairo physician Khaled Ragab...
...round was the very high-profile "Dark Knight Strikes Again," Frank Miller's sequel to his extraordinary 1986 book, "The Dark Knight Returns." I came prepared to argue against including this top-selling but second-rate work (see TIME.comix review) only to have my criticisms trumped by the outright scorn of the other judges. With the bitterness of a jilted fan, and unconsciously echoing the Simpsons' Comic-book-guy, one of them dismissed it as "the worst Frank Miller book ever...