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Despite the plethora of miracles, Roberts was no match for the charismatic, mainstream electricity generated by his contemporary Billy Graham. There was always the reek of snake oil to Roberts' piety, hence his long attempt at seeking respectability: joining the United Methodist Church in the late 1960s and giving up the rootlessness of his evangelism. The Methodists, however, would later condemn his methods. For a while, his hospital and academic empire helped make him a pillar of Tulsa society. But the kind of faith he espoused was made of constant appeals to his audience to prove...
California and Los Angeles have been pioneer sites for the expansion of the legal right to use marijuana. But local officials may now be at the forefront of curtailing some of that exuberance. If the Los Angeles city council has its way, the plethora of largely unregulated medical-marijuana facilities that have become a neighborhood blight in parts of the city may finally be brought under control. L.A. officials and medical-marijuana advocates estimate there may be as many as 1,000 such dispensaries. But in a preliminary vote on Tuesday, Dec. 8, the council indicated its intention...
...Massachusetts but in Turin, give no hint of the modern-art bonanza within. Guests check in beneath a poetic fusion of paint, cement and metal by Torinese artist Marco Gastini. A triptych by Roy Lichtenstein and a watercolor by Lucio Fontana hang in the bar. But it's the plethora of paintings, photographs and sculptures by lesser-known Italian talents - Luigi Ontani, Carla Accardi, Nicola Bolla - that suggest this is a private passion made public...
...Beyond the washroom, works by more than 100 artists and filmmakers from 25 countries will sprawl across QAG and GoMA from Dec. 5 to Apr. 5. Admission is free, and there's a plethora of satellite events, including a Kids APT, concerts, lectures and a cinema program featuring directors Ang Lee (Taiwan), Rithy Panh (Cambodia/France) and Takeshi Kitano (Japan). (See pictures of Australia's hidden islands...
Thematically, the play presents a plethora of modern issues—genocide, pornography, consumerism—exploring the destabilizing effects of these elements on Anne who is portrayed by multiple actors in different settings...