Word: subject
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...text so old and so revered be subject to profitable re-examination? Does a work so central to Western culture need a spotlight? Genesis is widely regarded as humanity's first, revolutionary statement of the notion that there is but one God, and no day passes when we do not touch upon its stories. Glancingly, as when we note the bitten-apple logo on our computer. Or deeply, as when we heed the words of Jesus, Luther or Freud, all of whom took up the great truths and agonizing questions set out by Hebrew scribes sometime between the 10th...
When the conversation does lock onto a subject, there can be fireworks. In the series' best segment, "Apocalypse," about the Flood, British author (and former nun) Karen Armstrong conducts a blistering twin attack. God, she maintains, is "not some nice, cozy daddy in the sky." He is "behaving in an evil way," effectively introducing mankind to the idea of justifiable genocide. Noah, meanwhile, is a "damaged survivor" who says no word about those drowning around him, much less tries to help them. Drinking his troubles away after reaching shore, he is enraged at being seen naked...
...membership. Saint Matthew's Father Joseph Muth says he is seeking "an opportunity for folks to see across church and racial lines through discussing these basic stories." Chizuk Amuno's Rabbi Richard Camras concurs. "Everybody sees [the stories] as sacred," he says; their power derives in part from their subject matter, the "jealousy, sibling rivalry, wanting to strike out at your neighbor, the things we face every...
...owned global food company, dates from his first meeting with founder Reginald Lewis in 1988, when Lewis was selling assets to finance his $1 billion leveraged buyout of the company. Only later did McCarroll meet Lewis' wife (and now widow) Loida, whose successful turnaround of the company is the subject of this week's story. "She's just as smart, savvy and shrewd as the next guy, but without all the macho and bluster," says McCarroll, who has covered his share of corporate movers and shakers, including Bill Gates, Michael Milken and Donald Trump. "I can see how her adversaries...
...military: Those in power won't ask as long as you don't tell, so stay quiet about your sexual orientation, and everything will be all right; however, should you choose to be public about your sexual preferences and declare your identification as a homo-sexual, you are automatically subject to discharge...