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...spring 1945, the early days of France's liberation from German occupation. The place is a small town where a large number of people have been bombed out of their homes. As a result, Archambaud and his family have a communist (Michel Blanc) living in one room and a humanist (Philippe Noiret) living in another. And soon enough they take in a Nazi collaborator (Gerard Desarthe...
Some conservatives have already objected to Lear's politically correct God. The Rev. Donald Wildmon, the Fundamentalist media watchdog, has attacked CBS for allowing Lear to "promote his New Age/secular humanist religion." (Idle thought: Is Wildmon now on the payroll of liberal TV producers, who use him to attract controversy -- and viewers -- to their shows?) It's hard to imagine many others being offended by the sappy sermonizing. Sunday Dinner doesn't engage the issue of religious faith so much as gawk at it: belief in God has become a character quirk, like having a funny job or being...
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...sole humanist among the reported presidential finalists, Rudenstine was a popular choice among members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, particularly those in fields close to his own interests...
...would be a great shot in the arm to the humanities at Harvard to have a humanist as president," says Professor of English Marjorie Garber, who is also the Faculty's associate dean for affirmative action...