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...like to watch porn or read porn,’ So that’s fine—nothing at all could have disturbed them at all, drug use even...but to become a conservative Christian...they wept when I came home...

Author: By Aditi Balakrishna, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Science and Religion Drive Divinity Professor | 5/18/2007 | See Source »

...There, they witnessed the restoration of the "Canonical Communion and Reunification" of the Moscow-based Russian Orthodox Church (ROC), which claims more than 70 million adherents, and the U.S.-based Russian Orthodox Church Abroad (ROCOR), which is believed to be 1.5 million strong. Many among the clergy and laity wept at the end of the 86 year-old schism brought about by the 1917 Bolshevik revolution, and the ensuing murder of the dethroned Tsar and the forced emigration of hundred thousands Russians defeated in Civil war. While the sumptuous ritual was clearly an emotional and pious event, the reunification...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Putin's Reunited Russian Church | 5/17/2007 | See Source »

...that he had to apologize publicly for the death of the three young boys who died in the August confusion. They were given heroes' burial, and Yeltsin made a moving and appealing apology to the people. 'Forgive me, your President, for having failed to save your children.' The country wept. Five years later, he offered no apology for thousands dying on the both sides of the war in Chechnya. He was a born politician, with all the qualities that entails...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yeltsin: Hero or Opportunist? | 4/23/2007 | See Source »

...wife of the lonely couple sat up straight, then bowed over and wept softly into her handkerchief every 15 seconds or so, her earrings shaking silently as she cried. The husband held fast, staring forward blankly. Then he bent over and pressed his mouth into his handkerchief, a look of desperation flashing in his eyes between sobs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When a School Learns to Mourn | 4/18/2007 | See Source »

...much we’ll miss him. Now was the time to weep—not when he was sitting on the couch smiling, but instead when mom and I were walking down the church aisle to “Amazing Grace.”And yes, we wept. A lot. And then we wept some more. And I still weep.I’ve figured out that my family was given a better engagement present than any couple ever gets. Most families never get the chance to say goodbye to loved ones. Down here in New Orleans...

Author: By Bob Payne, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Engagement Party | 2/28/2007 | See Source »

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