Word: setting
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When the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) was formed in 1983, ending a Civil War- era schism, one of the first tasks was to set forth its beliefs. That effort, complicated by the church's theological diversity, bore fruit last week as a national assembly of the 2.9 million-member denomination gave overwhelming approval to an 80-line "Brief Statement of Faith." After endorsement from regional units, it will join the ten other doctrinal statements that guide Presbyterians. The cleverly crafted text seems traditional enough to prevent the conservative opposition that killed a modernized creed in the Southern branch 14 years...
...private cars, because those, he says, "could belong to one of your own." The summer he turned ten, Chuckie came upon three teenagers in ski masks hijacking a plumber's van. He impulsively flung himself into the back of the truck; after the hijackers crashed the van and set it on fire, Chuckie helped pour gasoline on the wreck to make it burn faster. He was operating in strict accordance with I.R.A. guidelines, but his smile betrays his outrageous good fortune. "They let ya burn...
...drinking beer, watching as the bonfire bursts into a wall of heat and forces the crowd against the houses. ! Older people step back with the aplomb of suburbanites watching Fourth of July fireworks, while children gallop through the sparks. The crowd screams with pleasure when flames shoot upward and set ablaze the Union Jack atop the heap...
...afternoon after Duffy's funeral, three teenagers hijacked two postal vans, drove them to the spot where Duffy had died and set them afire. Liam, 13, one of the car thieves, watched the flames with quiet satisfaction. He was not in very good standing with "the lads," having been thrown out of his Republican band the previous year for joyriding. But this hijacking was approved, and this time Liam was working within the rules. "It's 'cause the wee one was killed," he said. Liam was back with his friends, and he was happy...
...prospect of his downfall set off a fresh round of amazement among Trump watchers, who only four months ago had savored the melodrama of his separation from his wife Ivana and his affair with the model Marla Maples. The distress of Donald, the biggest self-promoter of the past decade, was too poetic to resist. TRUMP IN A SLUMP declared the New York Daily News. UH-OWE! said the city's Post, which dubbed Trump's new casino "the eighth blunder of the world...