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...commercial first played on March 2, showing Madonna travelling back to her eighth birthday. The problem for Pepsi was that a day later the "new" Madonna aired her "Like a Prayer" video which portrays a young girl struggling with feelings of guilt and sexuality. The video also contains religious imagery that some Christians found offensive...
Allahu akbar! Allahu akbar! Allahu akbar!" The call to prayer echoes forth from a minaret in Tashkent, as it has from mosques throughout the 13 centuries of Islam. "Was it loud enough?" asks the mullah who will lead the prayers. That is an eminently reasonable question, since in the Soviet Union no muezzin is allowed to use a loudspeaker. The inquiry is also metaphorical. In the U.S.S.R.'s fourth largest city and leading Islamic center, as elsewhere across the nation, believers are cautiously regaining their public voice after an oppressively enforced silence...
After launching their protest at the end of the 8:45 a.m. morning prayer service, student leaders negotiated an agreement with the Memorial Church administration, which will allow the demonstrators to remain unmolested in the building until Sunday...
...forthrightly denounce any theological justification for the policy of apartheid and any University policy which directly or indirectly lends legitimacy to such oppression," reads the "statement of purpose" for the group--called the Peace Community. "With prayer and fasting, we call for new avenues of moral leadership at this institution...
Despite its theological proppings, A Prayer for Owen Meany is a fable of political predestination. As usual, Irving delivers a boisterous cast, a spirited story line and a quality of prose that is frequently underestimated, even by his admirers. On the other hand, the novel invites trespass by symbol hunters. One can easily imagine college sophomores arguing over the meaning of a stuffed armadillo that has had its claws removed, or the significance of Wheelwright's carrying his small friend on his shoulders to slam-dunk a basketball. For graduate students there is the fact that Meany shares more than...