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With the bubble burst, Walton and Butler assume that Prosperity congregants have taken a disproportionate hit, and they are curious as to how their churches will respond. Butler thinks some of the flashier ministries will shrink along with their congregants' fortunes. Says Walton: "You would think that the current economic conditions would undercut their theology." But he predicts they will persevere, since God's earthly largesse is just as attractive when one is behind the economic eight ball...
...spent more than a decade running starts to tank, voters probably won't appreciate it if you head off to Greece or the Caribbean. A week in unglamorous Southwold also fits well with the slight air of austerity that Brown has used to mark a break with his flashier former boss and rival Blair, famous for his breaks in aging pop star Cliff Richard's Barbados house and Bee Gee Robin Gibb's Florida mansion. Britain is the "best place in the world to have a holiday," said Brown last summer. This from a man who was a regular visitor...
...producer and manager of the show, emphasizes the difficulty of balancing practical and aesthetic challenges in the costume-making process. The designers had to pay close attention to budgetary concerns for the many costumes, with fabric costs spiraling upward as costumes become richer and flashier. The fitting of these costumes was also an especially tricky process, considering that the cast rotates heavily from night to night.“The costumes must be large enough to fit all,” Eggleston says. “Many of the parts are double- and triple-casted.” The producer...
...knocking on the door, but not quite able to open it.” Fish credits the change in Blake’s game to, amongst other things, his “monstrous athleticism”—which, if anything, will make for much flashier tennis and a bigger forehand for Blake in 2007. To the chagrin of Harvard’s women, it looks like Blake won’t be returning anytime soon...
Ford Retires Taurus Nearly 7 million sold since 1985 The last Ford Taurus rolls off an Atlanta assembly line this week. In the mid-'90s it was America's most popular car. But sales sank as Ford neglected the sedan in favor of flashier gas guzzlers...