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...film, when it reaches its zenith of gore and guts, you can’t help but succumb to laughter at the ridiculousness...
Yesterday, on Ash Wednesday, the Christian practice of Lent began: forty days of preparation for Resurrection—the zenith of faith. While in church, I witnessed an eclectic parade of coordinated bodies in procession toward the altar, where the priest marked each person’s forehead with a cross of ashes. By acknowledging every human’s origin and end in ashes and dust, we are moved toward more than a month of fasting and spiritual growth. In the spirit of ecumenism, similar practices are common to different religions and ways of life: Islamic Ramadan, Jewish...
...presence at Harvard,” Jacoby says. “WHRB has old station IDs recorded by N.W.A.-era Dr. Dre, De La Soul, and other rap icons.” Ironically, Harvard’s foray into hip-hop ended just as the genre reached its cultural zenith. Hip-hop music was no longer prominently featured in WHRB’s broadcast lineup by the mid-90s—the era that saw Tupac Shakur, Notorious B.I.G., and the “Gangsta-Funk” aesthetic attain success as pop music?...
RIYADH Big spenders have made Zenith's lavish Grande Chronomaster XXT Tourbillon ($295,000), with 6.2 carats of diamonds, a top seller...
Even high-technology shares, which were severely depressed in 1984, came back to life. Leading the way was IBM, the top computer manufacturer, which rose 26%, to 155�. Smaller companies scored even more spectacular gains. Genentech, the gene-splicing firm, jumped 95%, to 66 5/8. Zenith Laboratories, a drug manufacturer, more than tripled, from 6 1/2 to 20. Other industries with high-flying stocks included drugs, retail clothing, insurance, cable TV, pollution control, and lawn and garden products...