Word: christiane
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...have a near-death experience, just the total blankness of a deep sleep. I believe NDEs are caused by malfunctions of consciousness arising from an oxygen-starved brain. The forms NDEs take are influenced by culture and by religious beliefs. I don't think any non-Christian, for example, would see a tunnel lit by brilliant white light and a Christ-like figure in a white robe. George Varghese, Nairne, South Australia...
...said. “Matt was concerned about being part of the House community, but he recognized that I should make the decision that was best for me.” Sundquist could not be reached for comment last night. —Staff writer Christian B. Flow can be reached at cflow@fas.harvard.edu...
...students in bow ties mingled with professors in suits, while administrators from different schools sipped drinks together. A jazz singer crooned in the background. “There hasn’t been such a gathering in my years,” said Plummer Professor of Christian Morals Peter J. Gomes, who has worked in Harvard’s Memorial Church since 1970. But the living wasn’t always this easy, said Association co-chair John F. Gates, associate dean for administration and finance. “The past five years reflect a period when Harvard?...
...results of the survey—but that she did not put much stock in the rankings. “I think we do good work, but I didn’t need that survey to validate it,” she said. —Staff writer Christian B. Flow can be reached at cflow@fas.harvard.edu...
...Yves Leterme, the Flemish Christian Democrat whose party did best in the June 10 parliamentary elections, was expected to build a coalition with the francophone Christian Democrats, as well as the two liberal parties. But that planned "Orange-Blue" coalition collapsed in acrimony after Leterme insisted on a government platform that would wrest more power from the already weak central government and hand it over the increasingly powerful regions. They already control transport, housing, agriculture and education, but Leterme - playing to his base among prosperous Flemings who resent paying taxes to subsidize lagging Wallonia - sought to add taxation, social security...