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...recent years, there has come a curious reversal. Fundamentalist leaders who once shunned the political realm began to move forcefully into it, bearing a moral agenda for family values and school prayer, against abortion and gay rights. And Graham, in a sense, returned to the pure power of the pulpit, preaching as forcefully as ever of the need for moral renewal but without allying himself with the political activism of the religious right. "I can identify with them on theology, probably, in many areas," he says, "but in the political emphases they have, I don't, because...
...STANDS AT THE CORNER intersection in front of the bank, bouncing up and down to keep warm. Skinny knees poke out of his ripped jeans in time to this curious dance, "Spaaaare Channnge!" He says that it's important to stand out from the other sellers...
...morning, and the letter to "Norma Knows" soliciting advice on how to ask out a certain Harvard movie actress. (Her mother told her the letter-writer sounded "psycho.") One night at an event held at the Sheraton Commander, she was barraged by hordes of curious partygoers. "I had to run to the bathroom to hide," she said...
...Coop's Hollusion display is frequented by curious shoppers, most of whom don't end up buying the poster. One customer, Laura, said, "I love to stand at the mall and watch people look at [the posters]. They get all pissed...
...some point during our academic careers. But a whole group of people willing to admit dumbness? Are they somehow stupider than we are? How about now, November--no doubt they've been bombarded by horrendous problem sets and expos drafts. How's their self-esteem doing now? We were curious...