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...Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire." (History...
There's an instructive scene early in Jesus (CBS, May 14 and 17, 9 p.m. E.T.) in which Roman soldiers insist that their insignia be displayed in Jerusalem's temple and the priests vow to die rather than let graven images inside. TV producers might do well to observe a similar proscription when it comes to the Bible, given their tendency to engrave religion as a greeting-card punch line (God, the Devil and Bob) or a pious, thundering bore...
...audience wanting more. The first act was especially short, with five scenes compared to the second act's seven. The structure of the second act was repetitive as well, as both acts included a showy opening act, an unfolding conspiracy and a pas deus between Cleopatra and her Roman gentleman. The only change in the second half of the production is that Cleopatra makes Marc Antony chase her to Egypt, and a final scene is added to close the ballet...
...freethinker like Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and others, although they did not go by that name. Today freethinkers like myself and my family go by the name humanists. I'll tell you an interesting story about Voltaire. He was a landowner who had many employees, almost all Roman Catholics. Despite the fact that his humanism was skeptical of the existence of God, he never said anything to his workers to make them skeptical. Voltaire knew, respected, and valued how comforting religion was for them. He kept his humanist conversation within small circles of intellectuals...
...major step toward that goal came, last December, when a wave of ISPs began offering completely free access. Today Brazilians can choose from a number of free ISPs, including one, Catolico.com.br owned by a Roman Catholic diocese. Another free ISP, iG.com.br expected a television-ad blitz to bring in 60,000 applicants over three months. Instead, the company got 940,000 in eight weeks. "The consumers were more ready for this than we were," says iG vice president Matinas Suzuki...