Word: gatherered
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...Pulling ourselves, scratched and sweating, up a rocky bluff out of what Caley named the Devil's Wilderness, it's easy to imagine why he needed to gather his men that night and urge them, as he recounts in his journal, to continue. When they had arrived at the edge of this plunging valley, Caley noted that it seemed "to bid defiance to any man." Going down was brave, says Ian Brown, who leads the Mount Tomah group. A modest, quietly spoken man with a wry sense of humor, he was one of the three men who in 1997 became...
Your story asks, "Did humans create religion from cues sent from above, or did evolution instill in us a sense of the divine so that we would gather into the communities essential to keeping the species going?" As an atheist turned agnostic turned theist turned Christian, I find myself embracing a theory that both sides find controversial: intelligent design. We are created with the need for God by God. AMY E. MITCHELL Eaton, Ohio
...making scrapbooking big business. Last year Americans shelled out more than $2 billion for albums, stickers, ribbons and other scrapbooking supplies. Some 2,000 stores around the country are devoted to the practice, up from just a few hundred five years ago. Diehards attend scrapbooking cruises and gather in online chat rooms to trade advice on overcoming "journaler's block" and remedying puffy eyes. There are magazines and even a "master's" program dedicated to the craft. "People are seeing that life is short, and they're preserving family memories for their children," says Marianne Madsen, managing editor of Creating...
World-renowned writers Han Ong, Elif Shafak and M.G. Vassanji gather to read excerpts of their celebrated novels The Disinherited, The Saint of Incipient Insanities, and The In Between World of Vikram Lall. Ong, a Filipino-American, Shafak, from Turkey and Vassanji, from Kenya via Tanzania and Canada, all focus their recent novels on stories of exile and love, and the emotional attachments of one’s culture. No ticket necessary. 6:30 p.m. The Harvard Book Store, 1256 Mass...
...taking on the project themselves and coordinating maybe with local cultural institutions,” says Shapins, “we have this very simple gallery in a box we call it where we can take the database and recast it in a very presentable way that people can gather around and see the artwork displayed...