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Reaction to the prayer clubs may depend on which besieged minority one feels part of. In the many areas where Conservative Christians feel looked down on, they welcome the emotional support for their children's faith. Similarly, non-Christians in the Bible Belt may be put off by the clubs' evangelical fervor; members of the chess society, after all, do not inform peers that they must push pawns or risk eternal damnation. Not everyone shares the enthusiasm Proffitt recently expressed at a youth rally in Niagara Falls, N.Y.: "When an awakening takes place...
Which is never, it must be added, seriously in doubt. The plot of A Patchwork Planet provides little suspense but--Tyler's trademark--many occasions for touching human details. The best of them involve Barnaby's sympathetic observations about the aging people who depend on his services. "I never counted my clients as friends--not even the ones I liked," he says. "Clients could up and die on you." So they do, and Barnaby mourns them. One of his favorites, Mrs. Alford, goes suddenly, and relatives show Barnaby the quilt with a Planet Earth design that she had hastily finished...
...better or for worse, telling someone that you go to Harvard changes their perception of you. As far as they are concerned, you now are Harvard--much of what they think of you will now depend on their pre-existing stereotypes of the College. You should, of course, be proud of your school and the accomplishments that got you here. So why does the prospect of telling someone that you go to Harvard make you so nervous...
...does Harvard ignore Patriot's Day? The real answers can be found only in a few places, and depend more on employee rather than client (i.e. student) needs. Director of Communications for the Office of Human Resources Merry D. Touborg explained, "Our holidays are generally based on federal holidays and there are various other holidays celebrated in Massachusetts that don't fall in that category." Touborg noted that "many businesses are open" on Patriot's Day and that by her estimate it is "observed sporadically" in the state...
...might not have a backyard but we can walkout and go somewhere," says Khentov, who thinkscity kids have more of "a life in junior high andearly high school" than suburbanites who must"depend on a car and their parents to leave thehouse...