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...rule of thumb, such loutishness should be enough to torpedo any politician's career. It is a testament to Zhirinovsky's perverse appeal, however, that these public-relations debacles had almost no effect on his stature at home, where media coverage of his blundering antics was virtually nonexistent. Abroad, however, his bullying and bigotry have prompted Western governments to consider easing their pressure on President Boris Yeltsin to push through his economic reforms or risk a backlash by the likes of Mr. Z. All of which is a fairly impressive accomplishment for a man who, up to last month when...
...surprisingly, the new books are controversial. Jacob Neusner, professor of religious studies at the University of South Florida, calls the Jesus Seminar "either the greatest scholarly hoax since the Piltdown Man or the utter bankruptcy of New Testament studies -- I hope the former." Other scholars question the use of the Thomas and the hypothetical Q. The effect is like looking through the wrong end of a telescope at a vanishing Jesus. In his forthcoming The Gospel of Jesus (Westminster), William R. Farmer, professor emeritus of the New Testament at Southern Methodist University, decries the latest Q theory because it leads...
...psychotherapist," or view themselves as angels in training are trafficking in discount spirituality. And the churches are at a loss for a response. "What's troubling is that many religious leaders today acknowledge this but don't know what to do about it," admits George Landes, professor of Old Testament at Union Theological , Seminary. "They remain skeptical of the extravagance of angelology but don't know what to put in its place. It's a real struggle...
Still, the variety of schemes, rumored or real, for getting into tomorrow's debate is a testament to the creativity of Harvard students...
Boston's Chinatown is small--eight square blocks--and quiet. The only testament to its presence is a large marble gate straddling Beach Street. From South Station, the arch announces Chinatown. Through the arch, the Rainbow Restaurant is one block down on Beach Street. The Rainbow is a Vietnamese and Chinese restaurant and it serves cheap, good food. A Chinese family that immigrated to Boston from Vietnam runs the restaurant...