Word: worshiped
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...Toby Young details his belly flop in the New York journalism pool in "How to Lose Friends and Alienate People" (Da Capo; July 4). Kirkus enjoys the dish. "Kiss-and-tell memoir of Young's ill-fated stint as contributing editor at Vanity Fair magazine... This skewering of celebrity worship at the nation's leading 'upscale supermarket tabloid' bears a distinct resemblance to shooting fish in a barrel; nonetheless, Young's language is energetic and engaging, making one wish (along with his father, apparently) that he'd find a worthier subject. Enjoyably bitchy specifics of Cond? Nast culture, buried beneath...
...accept this option if an address centered on Princess Anastasia Is Alive/Trilateral Commission Links to the Masons/Earth Is Flat/Devil Worship in the Girl Scouts may be inappropriate...
...11th century, a Pagan King banned the sacrifice of animals at the rocky crag. He also started constructing temples and monasteries at its summit in an effort to curtail nat worship in order to establish Buddhism's dominance. He had only mixed success. Today, Popa Daung Kalat is one of Burma's major pilgrimage sites; visited by a steady stream of Burmese who turn to the nats to resolve problems in this life, and look to Buddhism for assurances in the next...
...economy was booming and people were working hard to pay for fancy cars, mobile phones and Versace clothes. Temptations also breached the temple gates. Some Buddhist leaders were now being chauffeured in Mercedes-Benz, wearing silk robes and soliciting fortunes in donations to build ever gaudier houses of worship. "The monkhood used to be a paradigm for society," says Sulak. "Now the monkhood mirrors society, with all its problems...
Campolo’s role as Easter Missioner, which he shared with his wife Peggy, involved preaching at a host of different worship events at Memorial Church, including daily morning prayer services, three evening worship services and several talks at the graduate schools...