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...memories of the Good News Club I attended as a child. I was one of those who realized a need for a relationship with God in a club meeting. It helped direct me away from involvement in activities that would have ruined my life--drugs, pornography and violence. I applaud the efforts of anyone who takes the time to share moral principles with young children before they have been ensnared by the dangers of the world. SUE SPILLMAN Warrenton...
...will take my hands off the wheel just long enough to applaud this turn of events. If the federal government is too wimpy to enforce safety measures, let?s turn to our state lawmakers. It?s about time for action. It?s been four years since the New England Journal of Medicine ran its infamous statistic: Using cell phones increases drivers? risk of accidents fourfold - or about the same amount as drinking and driving. And while it might be reasonable to assume this kind of dire warning would be enough to keep drivers? eyes on the road and off their...
...anyone would like to accept Jesus as his Saviour. If a child raises his hand, the leader has a one-on-one conversation with him to see if he is ready to be "saved" then and there. That practice has been criticized by mainline churches, even as they applaud the Fellowship's other activities. Says Rosalie Potter, head of evangelism and church development at the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.): "It would be hard to expect a child of four or five to have a conversion experience with integrity." Fellowship leaders say that attitude underestimates the spiritual aptitude of kids...
...applaud Phelan’s success and that of her VES colleagues in bringing the arts to Harvard with unprecedented imagination and energy, and in creating a context in which undergraduates are taken seriously as makers...
...With gas at the pump now topping $2 a gal. in his neighborhood and seemingly headed higher, he figures it's payback for all those insufferable, phony-rich, new-economy yuppies in their view-blocking, death-dealing, friend-of-OPEC SUVs. "Gas will probably go to $3, and I applaud it," says the retired computer-company executive as he fills the tank of his light pickup truck at a station in Los Angeles. "I'd like to see all gas guzzlers off the road...