Word: authority
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rabbi referred to the prayers as a sort of "religious poetry" that has been passed down through many generations. He stated that although one might not react to a prayer the way its author intended, one could look at that prayer as a piece of literature and therefore discover what Jews of earlier times were thinking and feeling...
...SUGAR by Alec Wilkinson (Knopf; $18.95). Every winter roughly 10,000 West Indian men come to harvest sugarcane by hand in South Florida. The author, a staff writer for the New Yorker, decided to see how these migrants earn their pay and came back with a story more bitter than sweet...
Moore's contention that diet has little impact on cholesterol levels is an oversimplification. Some patients respond dramatically to diet therapy, others hardly at all. The author cites studies showing that people who change their eating habits generally lower their cholesterol levels by 5% to 10%. But Dr. James Cleeman, coordinator of the NCEP, maintains that the typical reduction range is more like...
After his return to the U.S. in 1987, Willwerth talked frequently with reporter-researcher Lois Gilman, who is the author of The Adoption Resource Book, an information guide for those setting out to adopt a child. Gilman devoted weeks of work to the cover package, but in effect she began her personal research in 1979 when she and her husband Ernest adopted Seth, an infant from Chile, then Eve from South Korea in 1981. "We wanted this week's story to convey how much the dynamics of adoption are changing," Gilman says. "Our whole notion...
Some entertainment-industry observers suggested that Congress should challenge the Sony deal as well. For one thing, entertainment is the second largest U.S. export industry (aerospace is first). Moreover, Pat Choate, an economist and author of a forthcoming book on Japanese involvement in U.S. politics, sees Sony as a company that zealously lobbies for its own interests and stands to gain substantial influence over U.S. public opinion. Just as overseas firms are barred from owning U.S. television stations because of the potential for spreading propaganda, Choate notes, limits should perhaps be placed on foreign ownership of Hollywood studios...