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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Unfortunately, for every one of these elegant moments, there are two or three heavy-handed ones to drown it out. And by the time lightning and thunder begin to roll on cue, we realize we're watching a sermon, not a movie. Admittedly, the subject of sensational journalism offers plenty to preach about. "Today, the journalist discovers the news at the same time as the audience," Costa-Gavras warns, "He doesn't have time to put events into perspective." Gavras makes an excellent point. Mad City could also have profited from a little perspective. Its creators failed to notice that...

Author: By Scott E. Brown, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: `Mad City' Plays Up Media Paranoia | 11/7/1997 | See Source »

...celebrant of the funeral Mass was Father Kevin Toomey. The readings and the sermon focused on the future and on the beauty of Jeffrey's short life...

Author: By Jenny E. Heller, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Thousands Attend Slain Cambridge Boy's Funeral Mass | 10/14/1997 | See Source »

...through God] that we see comfort in the midst of the confusion around us," Father Toomey said in his sermon...

Author: By Jenny E. Heller, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Thousands Attend Slain Cambridge Boy's Funeral Mass | 10/14/1997 | See Source »

...their saucy little outfits by donning black armbands when they performed. And, sure, BUSTA RHYMES wore a dress, but how wild can an event be when his co-presenter was MARTHA STEWART? Most of the recipients thanked their parents, and MADONNA even found time to give a little sermon about how people ought to treat celebrities. Perhaps participants were inspired by the fact that celeb guru Deepak Chopra was in the house--he has two records in the works, one to which Madonna and Demi Moore have reportedly agreed to contribute. Oh, yeah, a few bands won awards...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Sep. 15, 1997 | 9/15/1997 | See Source »

Requirements include a six-to-eight-page book report (30 percent), a second book report of the same length or a one-hour take-home midterm (30 percent), an oral report of work completed in an "Independent Work Group" (40 percent) and an ungraded final reflection paper or sermon...

Author: By Geoffrey C. Upton, | Title: ELEVEN ELECTIVES | 9/12/1997 | See Source »

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