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...hard to replicate the kind of intellectual acumen that went into her quick sayings,” added Sollors, who also teaches in the department of African and African American studies. “She was just a powerhouse.” Johnson passed away on Thursday in her home from cerebellar ataxia, according to her brother Bruce Pollack-Johnson. She was 61. Eight years ago, the acclaimed literary critic and translator had been diagnosed with the rare degenerative condition with effects similar to multiple sclerosis that made it difficult for her to speak and walk. But Johnson?...

Author: By Esther I. Yi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Literary Luminary Passes Away | 9/2/2009 | See Source »

...Abraham to explore finding faith and God outside of the church? Abraham is such a fascinating figure. Three world religions - Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - all claim him as a patriarch. He was raised in a religious home. And yet he rejected religion in order to pursue a personal relationship with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Billy Graham's Daughter, Anne Graham Lotz | 9/2/2009 | See Source »

...surprised to hear that your parents didn't support your involvement. You have to understand that the traditional role of women in my family had been to take care of the children and the home. Even my grandmother, who had been a businesswoman and a medical missionary in China, resumed that role when they returned. (See pictures of Billy Graham, America's pastor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Billy Graham's Daughter, Anne Graham Lotz | 9/2/2009 | See Source »

...when I started stepping outside the home to start this course, it went against my family's tradition. Now, it didn't take long for my parents to come around. They showed up one day at a lecture without telling me, and they heard testimony of lives changed - and they saw that my family was doing fine, that my house was relatively straight. They did an about-face, but I had to be willing to set aside their opinions if they had continued to disapprove...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Billy Graham's Daughter, Anne Graham Lotz | 9/2/2009 | See Source »

...Fire), which is helping to battle the giant Station fire near Los Angeles. Another advantage of slurry is that unlike water, fertilizer doesn't evaporate. (It offers still another bonus for farmers, who have requested that unused slurry be dropped onto their fields as aircraft make their way home.) (Read a 1977 essay: "What Ever Happened to California...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Are They Dumping on Wildfires? | 9/2/2009 | See Source »

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