Word: writs
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...historic moment for Mormons, who believe that the prohibition against blacks as priests goes back as far as the sons of Adam. It is taught in the Book of Abraham, one of three scriptures revealed to Prophet Joseph Smith and accepted as holy writ only by Mormons. According to the key verse, descendants of Cain (identified elsewhere in Mormon scripture as blacks) are "cursed as pertaining to the priesthood." Because of this the racial bar could only be lifted by a "revelation" direct from God. The church leaders said they had spent many hours in the Upper Room...
Given the speed with which Oxford anthologies become holy writ, Amis' peculiarities are regrettable. It is impossible, though, to pull a long face at his collection. The poems he assembles are pleasing, instructive and full of laughter. Even the index of first lines is surreally madcap. Take the sad little story told in the first five...
Since Dancin' is Fosse writ large, it is a definitive summation of his style, strengths and weaknesses. Technically, Fosse tends to favor the pelvic thrust, the rapidly undulating behind, the body shimmy, the quick, alternating shoulder dip, the swiveling head and the massed chorus strut complete with very high kicks. Out of the fusion of these movements, Fosse has won his crown as the choreographer-king of sensuality...
...such Western Canadian provinces as British Columbia and Alberta, the belief that the central government ignores their collective needs is virtual Holy Writ...
...Park, Wrigley Field, Yankee Stadium closed for the season. Faced with such spiritual deprivation, Cato fell on his sword and Ishmael shipped out to sea. Baseball buffs have a better way of alleviating off-season angst. Like fundamentalists who find solace in Scripture, they take down their own holy writ entitled The Baseball Encyclopedia. Impervious to time and temperature, the good book returns readers to baseball's Jurassic era, when teams were owned by individuals rather than conglomerates, when the game was played on vegetation instead of plastic, when professionals had to hit at least .300 before they were...