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...FRANCIS OF ASSISI Patron Saint of Ecologists Francis, better known as the patron saint of Italy, founded the Franciscan order, built the first Nativity scene and received the first known stigmata...
This just in: A judge in New York City has rejected a father's petition to change his son's name from Francis to Frank. Citing famous Francises in history--Assisi, Sinatra, Coppola--the judge observed that the name has a classy pedigree. And besides, he wrote, the kid can always just tell people to call him Frank. This decision is bad news for our 10-year-old, who has long hoped to change her name from Emily to Emili. She made the switch informally in third grade, when she was looking for something more sophisticated. Suddenly, a name rich...
...trouble. I know a lot of men who've had prostate cancer, and they're the same self-involved, officious, spiteful curs they were before they had prostate cancer. And bully for them. Having cancer is bad enough--you don't have to turn yourself into St. Francis of Assisi or Forrest Gump...
...typical Time Warner manager, especially in its entertainment divisions, would never be mistaken for St. Francis of Assisi. But the deal-a-minute, scream-until-you-win culture of AOL is not likely to tolerate the stately pace of a company whose decision-making arteries are often clogged with consultants and task forces. California venture capitalist Jennifer Fonstad anticipates that the slightest whiff of old-economy culture in the halls of Dulles will create "a huge opportunity for headhunting. I can't underscore how excited many of us are at the prospect of getting good AOL executives and engineers...
...Giotto painted his Bible stories and tales of saints across the cathedral walls of Italy. Yet we see his brilliance today in a bare handful of surviving documented works. The famous 28 scenes of St. Francis' life adorning the Upper Church in Assisi--to most of us the embodiment of his work--are of hotly disputed authorship. Yet many experts still believe no other known hand could have created the economical drama, narrative power and intense depiction of human emotion that mark the best of them...