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Schuler's death sentence has been postponed, perhaps for years. By the following day, she will be walking the halls. Not surprisingly, she will feel deep gratitude. This is not uncommon; most of Black's patients exhibit an awe for his skills that borders on worship. "You're God," exclaims another patient on being told his tumor has been removed. "No, I'm not," Black replies, quietly but firmly. He gets such comments frequently, and they make him very uncomfortable. No one is more acutely aware than Black of the perils of the physician-God complex...
...wealthier patients wore American-model limbs. Both were too expensive for the common man, and neither permitted very much mobility. Besides, as Sethi explains, the old artificial limb was a cultural misfit not just for Indians but for people in most developing countries. "We sit, eat, sleep and worship on the floor--all without shoes," he says. Also, the "shoe" attached to the old limb was made of heavy sponge, making it worthless for any farmer working in the rain or in irrigated paddies...
...College's religious diversity grows, students from traditionally less prominent faiths have been forced to worship and gather in makeshift or temporary locations on campus, or even travel sometimes great distances to established religious centers outside Cambridge...
...word "bubblegum" has stuck to Mariah for much of her career. In particular, the last few months of Lilith worship have opened up bounteous opportunities for ridiculing her brand of breezy pop. Sure, she will never touch a Joan Osborne or a Cassandra Wilson for innovation or craftsmanship, but she is just as capable in her element as Jewel or Sarah "I-will-remember-you-will-you-remember-me?" McLachlan are in theirs. Back off, you coffee-shop snobs...
...communist-controlled Duma has handed Yeltsin a draft law that would put a tourniquet on religious freedom in Russia. The four "traditional" faiths: Russian Orthodoxy, Judaism, Buddhism and Islam, would remain comfortably entrenched. The less-established religions, however, face a ban on owning property, hosting foreign missionaries, and public worship, all privileges of official status. It all adds up as a cultural Great Wall, with the U.S. in the role of the barbarian. "The West is using religion as a means to influence the minds of the Russian people," said senior communist Viktor Ilyukhin, chair of the Duma security committee...