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...easiest way of becoming acquainted with the rules of conduct and the prevailing manner of any people," wrote St. John de Crevecoeur in 1782 about his years in America, "is to examine what sort of education they give their children, how they treat them at home, and what they are taught." Among the most vivid documents tracing our evolving attitudes toward children are the works of American artists. Using their portraits as a kind of visual social history, Emory University Graduate Student Rosamund Humm organized a show called "Children in America," at Atlanta's High Museum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Changing Images of Childhood | 1/15/1979 | See Source »

John Fishwick and Jeff Secrest had the easiest matches of the day at the number seven and eight spots respectively. fishwick downed Army's Jim McConville 15-3, 15-5, 15-6, while Secrest outgunned cadet Lou Yuengert by an identical margin...

Author: By Tom Green, | Title: Racquetmen Outgun Army, 9-0 | 12/9/1978 | See Source »

Forget about your troubles and your cares. Go watch a ball game. And somehow, baseball is the easiest sport--excuse me, pastime--in which to lose yourself. It is not the national sport, as any good baseball man will tell you, it's the national pastime...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: HEROES and FOOLS | 10/16/1978 | See Source »

...made before launching into his text, McCowen makes it clear that he has no theological reasons for choosing Mark over the other Gospels. His concern is with words, not the Word. Mark happens to be the shortest (two hours, ten minutes in this performance, with one intermission) and "the easiest one to tell aloud." The fact that most biblical scholars believe it is also the earliest and the closest to original sources seems to be an incidental benefit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Telling Triumph | 9/18/1978 | See Source »

...easiest such points, perhaps, is the Sinai. Israel is prepared to let nearly all the area revert to Egypt, though it claims the right to maintain two military bases and several civilian settlements there. But even on this relatively simple matter, Sadat insists that he cannot sign a bilateral agreement with Jerusalem. He wants to link a Sinai accord with at least some progress (from the Arab viewpoint) on other fronts. By this he hopes to avoid charges that he is betraying the interests of other Arabs for the sake of a deal with Israel. Sadat thus has been trying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Meeting At Camp David | 9/11/1978 | See Source »

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