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Then one by one, the children set off on their spiritual travels, and in the process perfectly charted the journey of their generation. Emil Jr., 45, and Edward, 32, dropped out of church, and stayed out. John, 43, was married on a cliff overlooking Laguna Beach, divorced -- and returned to the Catholic Church, saying, "Maybe the traditional way of doing things isn't so bad." Joe, 41, also returned to the fold after marrying a Ukrainian Catholic. Mary, 40, married a lapsed Methodist and worships "God's creation" in her own unstructured fashion. Rosie, 38, drifted into the Hindu-influenced...
...started out with all sorts of wonderful ideals. Now I do it because it's enough money to put me over the edge," says Nathan Phillips, who plays at Park Street with banjoist Cliff Wagner...
...skills of a subterranean mountain climber, which is why Lake of the Clouds is off limits to the public. The underground trek involves scrambling through narrow passages, navigating around steep crevasses and using ropes to descend two drop-offs -- the second of which encompasses a 60-m (200 ft.) cliff. Turn off the miner's light on your helmet, and you cannot see your hand in front of your face...
What is going on, educators contend, is that many families are profligate in their spending and unwilling to sacrifice for education as previous generations have. "It wasn't until the late '60s that federal aid was considered an entitlement," says Cliff Sjogren, U.S.C.'s dean of admissions and financial aid. Sjogren himself dropped out of the University of Michigan for a year to earn money -- an approach he feels is now rare. "When I went to college in the '40s, my parents really had to sacrifice. Now parents are trying to figure out strategies of getting money rather than saving...
Wolf Vision, which is based in Silver Cliff, Colorado, gave two successive presentations, which included an educational video and closed with the introduction of the four captive wolves...