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True some attacks, such as that upon the U.S. mess-hall, bear the hallmarks of the dreaded popular insurgency against foreign occupation and are cause for serious concern. However, it is easy to forget, because of their low media coverage in the U.S., that the bloodiest and most frequent attacks are not at Iraqi civilians. Attacks such as the early December massacre of eighteen young Shiite men, the January 2nd bombing of a National Guard bus or the January 5th bombing of a police graduation ceremony show that the insurgents do not enjoy the widespread popular support sometimes claimed...
...overemphasize the divinity of Jesus and miss his message. The central core of his ministry is love. Christ's magnificent legacy is not so much the stories of miracles as his genius in understanding our human predicament and conveying remarkably simple answers to our problems. We should not forget that the essence of his ministry is love, not just for ourselves and those close to us but for everyone. Larry Gibson Palm Springs, California, U.S. As a southern Baptist Sunday-school teacher, I tell my students what most of us here in the Bible Belt believe: the Scripture...
...spread--to shake the world from its self-absorption. The tsunami that destroyed thousands of lives from Sumatra to Somalia engendered an instant, near-universal outpouring of concern, shared grief and charitable giving. Ronald Reagan once startled the U.N. by suggesting in a speech that humanity would unite and forget its petty divisions if we were attacked from outer space. This elicited widespread head scratching, but the point was unassailable: external threats do exactly that--not little green men but forces closer to home, forces we often assume we have tamed...
...overemphasize the divinity of Jesus and miss his message. The central core of his ministry is love. Christ's magnificent legacy is not so much the stories of miracles as his genius in understanding our human predicament and conveying remarkably simple answers to our problems. We should not forget that the essence of his ministry is love, not just for ourselves and those close to us but for everyone. Larry Gibson Palm Springs, California...
...enough. But by the dozen? This, the quantitative aspect of grading—we are, after all, getting $5 a head for you dolls and therefore pile up as many of you a piece as we can get—this is what too many of you seem to forget. “Coleridge may be said to be both a classical and a romantic, but then so may Dryden, depending on your point of view. In some respects, this statement is unquestionably true; but in others…” On through the night...