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...humanity by trespassing the bounds in which the gift of our sexuality was given. We exchange our inherently human gift, the image in which we were created, for a dark, destructive emptiness. Sexual relationships necessarily involve the communion of the whole person, and many discover first-hand the terrible consequences of its misuse...
...wonder whether anyone who has not lived through segregation can imagine how horrible it was,” he said. “You knew first-hand that anything you did was wrong...
However, Associate Professor in the School of Cartoon and Comic Art at Kyoto Seika University Matt Thorn disagrees. As president of the Parent-Teacher Association at his son’s public Japanese elementary school, Thorn has first-hand experience of Japanese cuteness, which gives him the authority to refute a cynical view of cute culture. He describes his comic art students as “talented and intelligent...as well as cute,” and argues that they do not use cuteness as a form of escapism...
Since his first visit in February 1987, the year after the famous nuclear accident, Wilson has made a dozen trips to Chernobyl. He examined the affects of the radiation crisis first-hand and was appalled at the inaccuracies that were being published. “The [radiation] levels reported in the American media made no sense,” he says. “It’s incredible what non-technical people will believe.” Using Russian reports, Wilson was able to determine the true extent of the crisis. In 1988, he made a documentary, Back...
...NCAA tournament berths and one national championship under her belt. Nelson, 31 years old and a three-year assistant, was promoted to the top position. And as a young coach and active member of the U.S. national lacrosse team, she can still show the players a thing or two first-hand...