Word: damascus
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...guidance and offer unconditional love in return. George, visiting his father in jail, says, "I love you so much, sometimes I can't even breathe." Buddy's ma has trouble sleeping, so he lullabies her with favorite tunes ("She likes the theme to Blazing Saddles"). George's uncle Damascus (Eddie Rouse) is a violent man whose fear of dogs impels him to kill George's treasured stray. From guilt and love, he fashions a cap out of the dead mutt's pelt and gives it to the boy to protect his head. It's the thought that counts...
...June 1967, on the eve of the Six-Day War, frenzied crowds in Cairo and Damascus and elsewhere called for the final battle to destroy Israel. Israel's swift and stunning victory deflated that enthusiasm quickly and for decades to come...
...today--Ross plays Middle East diplomacy like an NBA guard: with a broad game plan in mind but with quick movements, spontaneity and flexibility between quarters. Sometimes flying commercial, he's equally likely to order up Air Force planes on a moment's notice to jet him to Cairo, Damascus or Amman...
...convention film, overseeing the campaign ads and even shooting some of the footage himself--but he is also part of the Bush message. When searching for proof of the candidate's ability to reach across the political spectrum, communications director Karen Hughes simply points to McKinnon's Road-to-Damascus experience...
White's is a transformation that begs for comparison with Saul's on the road to Damascus. Grandson of a tent revivalist, White was ghostwriter of choice in the 1980s to the Evangelical elite, co-authoring books with Billy Graham, Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson. One day, sitting with Falwell in a car surrounded by gay protesters, he realized he should be on the outside. After 25 years of clandestinely trying to "cure" himself via exorcism, electroshock and prayer, the father of two divorced and settled down with a man named Gary Nixon. Then he began searching...