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...true that caning and cold baths serve to develop moral character, as any old-school guardsman would attest, then the English character may decline to an almost Mediterranean level. As of Jan. 1, corporal punishment is being banned in London's 620 state primary schools (the equivalent of public elementary schools in the U.S.), which have about 174,000 students aged five to 15. The ban does not apply to the city's secondary schools, private and church-supported schools, or to those outside London, but educators in these institutions will be watching closely to judge the effects...
Most Christians have to deal somehow with the Second Coming because tradition and Scripture seem to be so certain of it. Both the Apostles' and the Nicene creeds attest belief in a returning Christ who will judge the living and the dead. There are mentions in all four Gospels, many of them tied confusingly to prophecies of Jerusalem's destruction. The Old Testament abounds with related prophecies in Isaiah, Daniel and Ezekiel. Most important, there is the Revelation of St. John, that stunning piece of apocalyptic biblical literature that has fascinated and frustrated interpreters for nearly 19 centuries...
...program was worth the cost and effort if only for the awakened desire in the individual to spread the gospel of humanism-the article discloses the gentler instincts of man so often obscured by his more obvious desire for adventure and success. Like so many apostles, these splendid astronauts attest to a paradox: the more knowledgeable man becomes, the more he realizes his limitations, his ignorance and his insignificance...
...many Angel LPs attest (notably the Bach Flute Sonatas with Harpsichordist George Malcolm), Shaffer is thoroughly at home in the recording studio. "Making a recording is like taking your stage makeup off," she says. "For example, the same tempi that work well before an audience tend to sound too slow coming from a disk. The same is true of dynamics. You can't be as loud, and you can't be as soft." Wherever she is playing, Shaffer tries to preserve the feeling that she is singing instead of merely blowing. That helps explain why she watches...
...Church was also built on what Willy labels "shared ignorance" and a shared refusal by Catholics to attest on each other. The flock's doubts were minimized for the sake of the children, a priests for the sake of the floke. "We all took each others hands. "says Wills, "and sat down together in the dark...