Word: seenes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Because the suspected planets are lost in the glare of the stars they orbit, they could not actually be seen. Instead, the astronomers analyzed the shifts of light in the spectrum associated with a star as it moves. A shift toward red means the source is moving away from the observer, toward blue that it is moving toward him. By carefully measuring these color shifts, astronomers detected a characteristic wobble in the motion of the stars that could be caused by the gravitational pull of a nearby orbiting body...
...most of the voices raised against the film belong to people who have not yet seen it. Italian Director Franco Zeffirelli called the movie "damaging to the image of Christ. He cannot be made the object of low fantasies." Fundamentalist Leader Jerry Falwell called for a boycott against MCA, Universal's parent company; all MCA products, which include Grosset & Dunlap publishers, Spencer Gifts and Motown Records; and any theater that shows the film. Said Falwell: "Neither the label 'fiction' nor the First Amendment gives Universal the right to libel, slander and ridicule the most central figure in world history...
...Methodist Minister Donald Wildmon, head of the American Family Association, is sending out 2.5 million mailings protesting the film and has scheduled anti-Temptation spots on 700 Christian radio stations and 50 to 75 TV stations. "In the twelve years of my current ministry," he says, "I've never seen anything like the response to this movie...
Make that the response to the response. As an annoyed Scorsese points out, "Ninety-nine percent of the people who are complaining have not seen the picture." Many complainers are instead responding to a bootleg copy of an outdated script, circulated by the Sisterhood of Mary, a group of ultra- conservative Protestant women. That version contained the egregious line, which is not in the movie, spoken by Jesus to Mary Magdalene: "God sleeps between your legs...
...insatiable quest for legitimacy and respect are the product of having been born out of wedlock and constantly being reminded of that fact in his youth. Likewise, Al Gore Jr.'s precociousness comes from his overwhelming desire to do twice as well as expected, so as not to be seen as coasting on his father's coattails...