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...story commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Fab Four's conquest of America, I detailed the initial mainstream U.S. response: that they were a passing fancy, that their music was derivative, and that the funniest thing about them were their haircuts. It was the last gasp of an adult establishment that felt secure in dismissing anything new, scorning anything young; and the Beatles were both. (George Harrison, when he and his mates made their Sullivan debut, was younger than Kevin Jonas is now.) In the intervening decades, the mainstream has learned its lesson: not to deride what kids love...
...denominations among India's 25 million Christians, owns vast properties across the country, including over 30,000 educational institutions and 6,000 hospitals. In Kerala, the Church runs 60% of the private educational institutes. The state's near 100% literacy - a singular case in a country where the average adult literacy rate is just about 60% - is thanks largely to the church's zealous missionary activity. Yet critics claim this gives the church a high degree of political and economic power. Church-reform activists also say the affairs of the Catholic Church - to which 60% of Kerala's Christians belong...
...measure of fairness absent from many of the debates that characterized that era at the Law School.Unlike many argumentative law students who perpetuated the politicized mindset of the time, Kagan was skilled in the art of listening to conflicting viewpoints, her classmates say.“She was the adult presence in the room, the one who could get people to sit down and reconcile their differences,” says Owen J. Clements, a member of the Law Review under Kagan’s leadership. “She struck me as wise beyond her years...
...concert hall is the most fun place they could possibly go to.There are few things in our culture that parents can bring their kids to that are enjoyable for both parties. I wanted “Green Eggs and Hamadeus” to be as interesting to the adults as it was for the kids. Dr. Seuss operates on multiple levels, and for me “Green Eggs and Ham” is a parable about prejudice, in which the child teaches the adult. It represents everything we’re sure we won’t like...
...shrill scream from the next bedroom jolted Maria Felix Flores from her sleep shortly after midnight on the muggy, tropical night of Feb. 22. She dashed into the adjoining room to find her adult son Carlos and his wife Maria Josefa sitting upright in bed with the lights on, panicked by the sight of their blood-drenched sheets. (Read "Could There be Real Monster Bats...