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...found the youngsters understood their race was different from that of their parents, but did not seem bothered by the fact. Twelve years later, the kids--then teenagers--perceived their parents as "very, very committed" to informing their children about black issues. "They would say, 'My God, not every dinner conversation has to be about black history,'" says Simon. When she returned again in 1991, the grown children told Simon, "We're not Oreos. We may not share the same taste in music or even dress like children who live in the ghetto, but that doesn't make...
...start." His plan also carries an impressive sheaf of endorsements: from Billy Graham ("the greatest, most comprehensive and most biblical vision for world missions I've ever heard or read about."), President George W. and First Lady Laura Bush ("This is a miracle brought into being by love of God and neighbor"), John McCain and Bono...
...some of the larger players in the Evangelical community. "A guy was going, 'I'll take Mozambique,' and another guy was going 'I'll take Nigeria,' " he said happily, adding that he's already secured personal commitments from influential leaders in the Salvation Army and the Assemblies of God (the largest Pentecostal denomination.) "They've said, they're in, and they have to get their boards along," he reported...
Surviving Adolescence Two of the strongest, most poignant films at Cannes deal with young people trying to navigate the labyrinth of adolescence. In most serious international films, especially those from Brazil (Pixote, City of God), the route leads to violence and early death. Linha de Passe, directed by Walter Salles and Daniela Thomspon, renounces the lure of melodrama for a neorealistic study of four sons of a single mother in Sao Paolo. Their have ordinary dreams - to become a football star, to become a religious leader, to be something more than a motorcycle courier, to drive a bus - but they...
...title suggests, though, the novel's intended allusion is to India's legendary past. In this case, it's the cosmic myth of Shiva, the Hindu god of annihilation. But the deity's link to Meera (and to India as she self-destructs and regenerates) is labored. If anything, Meera more closely resembles, even fantasizes about being, the goddess Parvati, Shiva's spurned consort and the mother of Ganesh, the elephant god...