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...attending a Catholic school [Jan. 9]. As described by the nuns, limbo [the afterlife for infants who die before being baptized] was similar to life on earth but without sickness, death, unhappiness or failure. I was absolutely furious that I had been baptized and was therefore ineligible for limbo. Heaven, on the other hand, involved endless God worshipping and constant harp strumming. It struck me as terribly boring. The only thing heaven had going for it was that it was not so painful as purgatory or hell. Judith A. Merrill Wethersfield, Connecticut, U.S. Secret Snooping Time reported on the controversy...
...Beijing last week when lawyer and collector Liu Gang unveiled a map that, he says, proves the Chinese had detailed knowledge of world geography long before the voyages of Columbus, Magellan and da Gama brought such insights to Europe. This "Overall Map of the Geography of All Under Heaven," which Liu says he bought for $500 in Shanghai's Dongtai Road Antique Market, includes notes claiming it was drawn in 1763 as a copy of a map from 1418. It purports to be based on the travels of Zheng He, an admiral who sailed throughout Asia and the east coast...
...attending a Catholic school [Jan. 9]. As described by the nuns, limbo [the afterlife for infants who die before being baptized] was similar to life on earth but without sickness, death, unhappiness or failure. I was absolutely furious that I had been baptized and was therefore ineligible for limbo. Heaven, on the other hand, involved endless God worshipping and constant harp strumming. It struck me as terribly boring. The only thing heaven had going for it was that it was not so painful as purgatory or hell. JUDITH A. MERRILL Wethersfield, Conn...
WHAT'S YOUR PERSONAL TAKE ON NANNIES? I had a nanny when my daughter was younger. She's 6 now. The nanny was a third pair of hands. You both get so knackered. But I would say to people, For heaven's sake, if you're going to have kids you've got to put the work and the time into it. Otherwise, there's no point. Once you're a mom, you're not just you anymore. You're split. It is a completely different human state. I noticed that more because I had my child when...
...night games, helped revitalize public enthusiasm for the sport. Packer suffered a heart attack in 1990 and was dead for eight minutes before being revived, later prompting him to tell a talk-show host, "The good news is there's no devil. The bad news is there's no heaven...