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America is among the most religious, and the most religiously diverse, countries on earth, and you can argue that those two things go together. Competition keeps old faiths fresh and new ones growing, and the freedom to choose among them is etched in constitutional stone. So in a nation where 19 in 20 people say they believe in God and nearly two-thirds call religion very important in their lives, there arises a sprawling market of creeds and cults and congregations in which people like to shop. The Dalai Lama's books are best sellers; there are Metaphysical Episcopalians...
...tour of the Minneapolis, Minn., riverfront and such historic landmarks as the Stone Arch Bridge and the Mill City Museum can take a lot of time and shoe leather. But Bill and Emily Neuenschwander's tours can guide you through much of the city's history quickly, with a nod to the future: the mode of transportation is the Segway Human Transporter. The Neuenschwanders started offering tours via the scooter-like device this spring as a sideline to their computer-consulting business. Now they have a fleet of 21 Segways and are attracting 150 customers a week...
WILL THE GASOLINE AGE SOON BECOME A THING OF THE PAST, LIKE THE STONE AND BRONZE AGES...
...that TIME deemed the event newsworthy enough for us to do a story on it.) In a program note, Viertel compares the unearthing of this goofy Gershwin farce "to Howard Carter's discovery of King Tut's tomb, if you can picture that august gentleman shoving aside the stone tablet to the inner sanctum and uncovering a quite fabulous rubber chicken...
...toughest thing for me at the end of a season is to know that it’s not the caliber of player, it’s the caliber of their character that I will miss most,” Stone said at the team’s final press conference...