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...Unfortunately, other criteria for engaging a reader's attention also exist: plot, suspense, characterization, dialogue, effective prose. In all these areas, Harlot's Ghost runs into serious difficulties, sometimes intermittently, sometimes over the long haul. No one can deny Mailer's monumental ambition in this novel or his dedication to the hard, slogging work that writing an enormous narrative entails. What can be questioned is whether his fundamental premise -- a fictional history of a real Central Intelligence Agency -- was not misconceived from the beginning...
...Many priests within the Anglican tradition have abandoned whole areas of historical Christian faith. Do you think there should be minimal criteria of belief for admission to the Anglican clergy...
...abused early in his life, usually doesn't marry, is often an alcoholic or drug addict and can be suicidal. Dahmer -- who according to his father was molested by a neighbor boy at the age of eight, though Dahmer himself denies it -- seems to fit most of these criteria...
...National Association for the Education of Young Children. The 60-year-old association is early-childhood's powerful lobby and accrediting body; its membership has doubled in the past decade and now numbers 77,000 professionals. Today it examines teachers and administrators, demands that early-childhood programs meet criteria of health and safety and continually reviews facilities to make sure its standards are being met. When the association outlines the future it wants, it often points to the Perry Preschool Project in Ypsilanti, Mich. Back in 1962, this project selected 123 children ages three and four to take part...
...Agriculture Department also prefers a looser definition of "low fat" than the one favored by the FDA. The tough FDA standard, charges Gary Wilson of the National Cattlemen's Association, would mean that "you won't have any meat items being able to meet the criteria." Such an impossible standard would destroy the incentive for the meat industry to produce reduced-fat beef and pork, says Wilson, and the USDA is inclined to agree. The American Heart Association plans to lobby Congress if the USDA regulations don't match...