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...Lundman was raised in a Christian Scientist family. One of the fundamental precepts of the Christian Scientist church is a reliance on prayer to heal illness to the absolute exclusion of conventional medical care. Therefore, when Ian complained of stomach pains, his family, in strict compliance with and full faith in the proscriptions of the Church, began to pray...
...attention of management at an early age," Forbes would say with a grin. His winning quirkiness these days is shielded by a layer of wounded suspicion. When a voter in Earlham, Iowa, asked him whether he supported same-sex marriages, Forbes reacted like he had been punched in the stomach, stuttering "...I guess you could say I'm hopelessly conventional...
...1930s. Have the unholy dead returned to inhabit new bodies? Hasselbach's zombie-like voice, preserved to creepy effect by American co-author Tom Reiss, can almost make you think so. "As he lay on the ground, Frank and I kicked him in the neck, in the stomach, in the face, in the skull...and I was thinking, as I kicked, Sure, his bones are breaking beneath my feet...
...world has a boundary, the idea of stepping beyond it seems nonsensical, and so you can't begin to fathom the existence of other worlds. Her apt application of this metaphor to the experience of religion, though, finds a more comfortable home in our minds than in our collective stomach lining. No one would dispute the value of our all being in this place together in order that our knowledge should be shaped by the knowledge of others, our disciplines and our language changed forever by the discovery of disciplines and languages beyond the boundaries...
...budget agreement as if it were a "reconciliation bill." That means debate would be limited and opponents of the plan could not filibuster in the Senate, making it a lot easier for the measure to be approved. What many Democrats will have to decide is whether they can stomach a compromise far less fair than they would like, on the grounds that it still might be the best first step for the country as a whole. When it comes to imposing discipline on their spending, America's politicians will never learn to do it well if they never...