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Halakhic Man, a sweeping defense of the validity and excitement of pursuing the religiously observant life in the modern world, makes much of humanity's God-given creativity. According to Soloveitchik, "God left an area of evil and chaos in the world so that man might make it good," purposely flawing the perfection of his own material creation to leave room for the improvements that could be made by his obedient creature...
...subject: Don't sell the farm, Mother! Disney's Country, like Tri-Star's Places in the Heart and Universal's forthcoming The River, tells the story of a strong-willed woman who fights the banks, the elements and the changing times to keep her God-given patch of land safe for her and her adorable kids...
...have never seen any group so bitter and hostile as the television newscasters who were denied the right, which they consider constitutional and God-given, to cover the Grenada invasion. These are the same individuals who trampled the rights and privacy of others by engaging in the unbelievably tasteless pursuit of families awaiting news of loved ones in the Beirut suicide bombing. The press serves a valuable function, but it has built too lofty a pedestal on which to display...
...long while," says Rozier, "I thought the refs cheated us in the Penn State game. But I finally came to realize that refs don't win or lose. You do." For a moment, he is in thought. "We have a God-given talent. Where else could it come from? You're taught the plays, the holes, but not how to run. We're beatable-everybody is-but I think we're special...
...employs almost one-third of the desolate territory's inhabitants. Nevadans have other dubious distinctions. They have the highest incidence of alcoholism and a suicide rate more than double the national average. There is also Lake Tahoe, whose commercial development the authors call "the most appalling assault on God-given natural beauty on the American continent...