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...private groups' success is getting local communities involved, which clears away expensive and time-consuming political obstacles to projects. In Brooklyn a coalition of powerful East Brooklyn churches launched the Nehemiah plan seven years ago, taking the project's name from the Old Testament figure who revived Jerusalem after the city was destroyed by the Babylonians. "Nehemiah went to the people and said we have to rebuild," says Mike Gecan, an initiative organizer. "That is what this effort is all about...
...street, Skousen was sacked in 1960 shortly after he raided a card game that included the mayor. Skousen has run his seminars for more than a decade, accusing historians and liberals of lying about the meaning of the Constitution, ignoring its religious nature and turning it into an "atheist" testament...
Early in 1979, unable to settle on a new general manager to lead them out of the wilderness, the Maras had a myopic former high school history teacher pressed upon them by the exasperated league. His name was George Young, and his philosophy was rooted in the Old Testament. "You need a strong defense and a good running game," he preached, "because in the second half of the season God sends you bad weather." In turn, he hired Coaches Ray Perkins and Bill Parcells; Parcells took...
...weren't at full strength, so it was nice to see our guys play well," Crimson Assistant Coach Peter Dinneen said. "Five of the guys that played are on the JV team, and we didn't lose a game--it was a testament to our depth...
That is the same quality noticed by Richard Kessler, a senior associate for U.S.-Philippines relations at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. "She's a very biblical type of person," he observes. "But it's not from a Hallmark card. It's saintliness as in the Old Testament. On the one hand, you pardon your enemies; on the other, it's an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth...