Word: attestations
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Thank you for your insightful article. Those of us who are attempting to parent teenage offspring can firmly attest to the mystifying ways of the adolescent mind. The child you have loved and nurtured for years suddenly morphs into an exasperating stranger! Research showing that teens' brains are not fully developed, mature organs but continue to undergo structural changes up to age 25 is truly a relief for those of us who have agonized over a teenager's predilection for risk taking, impulsive behavior and overriding lack of good judgment. This research frees us to be patient rather than react...
...jettisoning all distinctions between gay partnerships and traditional marriages. "In the Netherlands, we don't have gay marriage," says Henk Krol, an activist who was knighted by Queen Beatrix for his advocacy of gay rights. "We only have one marriage, civil, open to any couple." Opinion polls attest to a growing acceptance of gay marriage - one recent poll (commissioned by Elle) in France found 64% of those questioned favored it. But for the Roman Catholic Church, it amounts to an abomination. The Vatican laid out its position against the trend in a 12-page judgment last summer, thundering that "there...
...that explore Harry's connection to the Stoics, St. Augustine, Jung and Freud--and the renewed interest in children's literature that her books have fostered. But even those who view her with alarm or disdain pay her the same tribute as those who call her a savior. Both attest to her power over readers and the lessons she teaches through the stories she tells. There are tales of conversion when some critics actually get around to reading the books and find a message about good and evil, courage and kindness, that speaks to universal values. There are testimonials from...
...contrary, after having taken a course in stem cell biology and cloning from Melton, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, earlier this year (Molecular and Cellular Biology 125, “Stem Cells and Cloning”), I can attest to his careful and thoughtful contemplation of the matter. In fact, the course’s abstract in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Courses of Instruction specifically states that “ethical and political considerations will not be ignored.” Indeed, in lieu of lecture one day, there was an hour...
...American society at large have ignored the basic urge that most mothers feel to spend meaningful time with their children. She decries the rushed fragments of quality time doled out by working moms trying to do it all. She writes, "Anyone who has tried to 'fit everything in' can attest to how excruciating the five-minute wait at the supermarket checkout line becomes, let alone a child's slow-motion attempt to tie her own shoes when you're running late getting her to school." The book, which puts an idyllic gloss on staying home, could launch a thousand resignations...