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...those guys writing about what a bad industry we are, are you?" he says with alarm. I confess that I might...
...fast: any explicit instruction in the Ten Commandments would alarm guardians of the church-state wall. And in any case, they would have to be translated into modern educationese: Thou shalt model caring behaviors in interactive relationships with thy peer group. In the public schools, where any kind of commandment might be deemed unduly judgmental, character ed revolves around pillars or building blocks of character--universally accepted values bleached of any sectarian contamination. And they are transmitted by the familiar methods beloved of today's pedagogues: posters and banners, role playing and sharing, multi-culti storytelling and words...
...this doesn't get around the fact that we're seeing full-dress, four-hour versions of Hamlet now, with Dostoevsky's life story, in The Gambler, on its way this August. And these are not just the playthings of the black berets in art houses; to my alarm, the Academy Awards for three straight years now have gone to films I've actually liked for their classical power, humanity and intelligence...
...countries to stand up to China's regional ambitions." The 17,000-island archipelago is the world's fourth most populous nation, and controls vital sea routes in the Pacific. And that's why the campaign for the June 7 poll, which began on Wednesday, is setting off alarm bells in Washington...
...laboratory study published in the journal Nature announced some bad news: The corn produces a wind-borne pollen that can kill monarch butterflies if they ingest it. As for the future of genetically engineered crops, the finding has raised concern, but scientists are not yet ready to sound the alarm bell full blast...