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There were curlers here and a Kenyan skier there, female hockey players and an Indian luger. Now and then, perhaps, a few niceties got lost in translation ("Oh, we beseech you. Heave-ho, heave-ho," was one of the first lines to greet spectators on the scoreboard), but for the most part the ceremonies so conformed to the textbook that even their "image director" was a man whose first name is Man. Elegiacally minded Japanese may have been calling these the last Games of the 20th century, but the efflorescence of young faces suggested they are really the first...
Must those of us who abhor abortion, then, reconcile ourselves to seeing it spread unchecked? By no means. We can refuse to practice it ourselves-or, if we are male, beseech the women who carry our children to let them be born, and promise to support them, and mean it and do it. We can counsel and preach to others; those of us who are religious can pray. And we need not despair. Though some of our opponents may urge ABORTION ON DEMAND AND WITHOUT APOLOGY (an actual sign held up at one rally), by far the greater number...
Nearly paralyzed by the dilemma, Bush departed last week on a nakedly political tour of the Pacific Rim to beseech Japan and other countries to buy more U.S. products. He left top aides feverishly at work on the much ballyhooed growth package that he plans to present in his Jan. 28 State of the Union message...
...songs, Godspell tells the story of Jesus' life and the parables. Every actor and actress has at least one solo, and all of them live up to the challenge. From the hauntingly simple "By My Side," sung by Jacqueline Sloan, to Ted Stimpson's lively rendition of "We Beseech Thee," almost every musical number shines, and most of the skits are amusing...
...City publishing company, and for many years secretary to Rinpoche, "because of the transitional role he played in transplanting this 2,600-year-old religion to the West -- without compromising the religion, the depth of the religion." And yes, said Rome, "we definitely expect him to come back and beseech him to come back, but just as in his life he did things in unexpected ways, we cannot expect him to mind a timetable...