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...good cross-section of English society... the idea being that out of the mouths of seven-year-old children we might learn some truths about English society: what they thought about each other, their ambitions, their thoughts on money, color, race, sex. They might give some insight into whether English society was really changing...
...Although there had been extensive study of the many compositional sketches and autograph manuscripts Beethoven had left behind, Lockwood found that very little academic work attempted to reconcile the two. Piecing together his discoveries from the different types of documents, Lockwood distinguished himself among Beethoven scholars by gaining considerable insight into the composer’s complicated creative process. While establishing himself among academics, Lockwood taught at Princeton for 22 years before transferring to Harvard, where he served as a music professor for another 22. Since retiring in 2002, Lockwood has remained active in the music community. He has published...
...failing health-care system and the problems of unemployment. Cheryl Bartlett-Büttner Niedersachsen, Germany The admiration that Czech president Vaclav Klaus' article showed for Margaret Thatcher's belief in human freedom made me snigger. I've chosen, however, to forgive him for the narrowness of his insight. Obviously, Thatcher's unswerving belief in human freedom did not extend to the repressed and disenfranchised blacks of South Africa when she refused to support sanctions against the apartheid government. She remained steadfast in her refusal when other, more conscionable leaders could no longer condone the injustices of that regime...
...think outside the box, as Collins has done. Faith and miracles, so central to Christian thought, are anathema to the scientific method, as Dawkins reaffirms. "Why am I here?" and "Is there a God?" are questions that cannot be answered by science. God comes to those who have the insight to think in another dimension and have the wisdom of a child. Collins has both; Dawkins has neither...
...more in Beijing - now provide comfort and status to a rapidly swelling middle class. So, the canine crackdown has provoked a struggle that pits the power of Beijing's newly rich against the reflexive authoritarianism of the ruling Communist Party. Just how the contest plays out will provide telling insight into how Chinese society is adapting to the seismic shifts brought by years of booming economic growth...