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...however, cite hope in Democratic voters who seemed to be mobilizing for this election, calling it a testament to the fact that individual citizens do and can hold their government accountable...
...Recently these texts--you might think of them as lost Christianities if you're a religious liberal or as early heresies if you're a conservative--have been experiencing a resurrection of their own. Their renaissance is unlikely to reinstate them in the exalted company of the canonical New Testament Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. But it fills a perceived need for alternative views of the Christ story on the part of New Age seekers and of mainline believers uncomfortable with some of their faith's theological restrictions. This yearning is transforming the once obscure texts into objects...
Given Moore’s reputation for ball handling and quickness, McCullouch’s ability to stick so close to the point guard without fouling was a testament to her extraordinary hustle and agility. McCullouch, easily the fastest player in Lavietes, was a speedster in high school and hopes to train for the USATF Olympic Trials this summer...
...turning over fields--an agricultural innovation, perhaps, meant to increase crop yields. But the locals know the truth. Buried under the pyramids, which now number in the thousands, are their mothers and fathers, brothers, sisters and cousins, all victims of AIDS. Like silent sentries, the dirt graves are a testament to China's worst-kept secret...
...Ring films, like Master and Commander, celebrate old-fashioned martial virtues: honor, duty, comradeship, sacrifice--soldiering on, under an immense, sapping burden. Though the trilogy percolates with bracing adventure, it is a testament to the long slog of any war. Pain streaks the faces of the film's stalwart warriors. They know the enormity of their foe and know that the child hobbit who bears the Ring is far from them--surely in peril, perhaps lost forever. At one point Aragorn asks Gandalf, "What does your heart tell you?" and in a little movie epiphany, the wizard's face briefly...