Word: warriorism
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...Shinto ritual might have been helpful at the Kennedy Center in Washington, where tryouts began in August. At that point the show ran almost 3 1/2 hours. Its plot was virtually impenetrable, in part because 85% was sung rather than spoken, in part because in its conspiratorial milieu -- the warrior era of 17th century Japan -- good guys quite often turned into clandestine bad guys, or vice versa. Critics were harsh, but audiences were more forgiving. Thanks to word of mouth, the show averaged nearly $400,000 a week at the box office -- almost, but not quite, enough to cover weekly...
...group of mostly well-educated, middle- class men who sporadically participate in a kind of male spiritual quest. Anywhere from Maine to Minnesota, at male-only weekend retreats, they earnestly search for some shard of ancient masculinity culled from their souls by the Industrial Revolution. At these so-called warrior weekends, participants wrestle, beat drums and hold workshops on everything from ecology to divorce and incest. They embrace, and yes, they do cry and confide things they would never dream of saying to their wives and girlfriends. They act out emotions in a safe haven where no one will laugh...
...wives of the Prophet Muhammad were vibrant, outspoken women. His first, Khadija, ran a prosperous trading business and at one point was Muhammad's employer. A'isha, the Prophet's favorite, was at various times a judge, a political activist and a warrior. Among Muhammad's 11 other wives and concubines were a leatherworker, an imam and an advocate of the downtrodden, revered in her day as the "Mother of the Poor...
...nation, the second largest U.S. tribe after the Navajos. But it took the men a while to come around after her 1987 election. "I've run into more discrimination as a woman than as an Indian," says Mankiller, 44, whose unusual last name was inherited from an 18th century warrior ancestor. She has likened her job to "running a small country, a medium-size corporation, and being a social worker." With an annual budget of $52 million, the Oklahoma-based tribe operates industries, health clinics and cultural programs employing about 1,700 people. In July, while recovering from a kidney...
...take care of a lot of Harvard women-students and staff-who've been abused, battered and need counseling. Harvard should take on responsibility for its own." -Cambridge Women's Center Trustee Betsy Warrior...