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...beach could barely be more alive. Crowds of backpackers squeeze into seven beachfront clubs on a mile-long strip of white sand. Many wear fluorescent body paint. Glowing psychedelic sculptures line the shore. Hawkers sell food, water, cigarettes, marijuana, ecstasy, magic mushrooms, amphetamines. Prostitutes work the crowds. Dancers spin fire chains over their heads alongside ladyboys on raised platforms. The music is deafening, dominating. Those too bombed to dance hug their knees and watch the palms, the sparkle of the sea swells and the men urinating in the waves like some mute moonlit video...
...Judah, asked God to bless him and enlarge his territory. He had no idea that his 32-word prayer, wrapped inside an inspirational book by evangelist Bruce Wilkinson, would become a No. 1 best seller. Publishers of the modern world, however, have seen the light. In addition to three spin-off books from Multnomah, the tiny publisher of The Prayer of Jabez, five other publishers have Jabez-inspired books out now or in the works. Among them: Praying Like Jesus (HarperSanFrancisco), I Just Wanted More Land (Xulon Press) and a parody, The Mantra of Jabez (Canon). What, no TV series...
...that Tom Daschle?s home state of South Dakota will feel like Texas in August, and Texas in August will feel like?Well, just ask Bush, who goes to Texas in August to relax, golf, and think about stem cells. (And take the SUV for the occasional spin around the ranch...
Vacation or not, this week has been one of the most productive spin cycles of George W. Bush?s political career...
...Suddenly, early Thursday morning, Bush made an unexpected announcement: He had reached a decision on the question of stem cell research, and would make a statement at 9 p.m. EST. The toughest decision of his Presidency, one which he had, in spin-room terms, "agonized over" for weeks, had finally been resolved...