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Britain's grande dame of arsenic-and-old-lace thrillers, Agatha Christie, 81, was very upset. So was her husband, Sir Max Mallowan, who wondered aloud to reporters "if this fellow read her book and learned anything from...
...such charges are true, Garner Ted Armstrong might have had any number of reasons to disagree with his father. Indeed, reports one insider, much of the trouble may stem from three sermons Garner Ted gave at Big Sandy, Texas. In one, he wondered aloud why church members did not experience more healings. In another, he emphasized the Apostle Paul-a nearly forgotten man in W.C.G. theology because he talked of a New Covenant replacing the old. During a third, Garner Ted questioned whether the church had the proper presence of the Holy Spirit...
...removal of barriers to writing like an insistence on rhyme or the use of complex technical terms, exposure to condescending "poetry for children" or to adult poetry whose images are too crafted to the child-like. All the children in Koch's classes had their poetry read aloud anonymously: they were praise, encourage, and urged to develop their thoughts further without the pressure of grades or ridicule. Among the most successful projects were poems written by large groups. Using Spanish words in poems strengthened the confidence of Children ordinarily unsure of the place of their language in American culture...
...really seem to know much about power. Remember that White House party back in 1965 when Lyndon Johnson invited in a bunch of intellectuals and a lot of them tried to figure out how to protest the Viet Nam War? Hersey's solution was to read aloud some excerpts from his book on Hiroshima...
During this time he walked fitfully all over Manhattan, reciting scenes from plays to himself, slipping off into side alleys to read O'Neill aloud to the brick walls. In 1966 he auditioned for the Actors Studio and was accepted. "I got back into acting to save my life," is the way he puts it now. He started landing small parts, which led to an Obie Award-winning performance in off-Broadway's The Indian Wants the Bronx in 1968 and, the following year, to a Tony Award for Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie? on Broadway...