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...human voice is the most amazing instrument," Handy said. "My husband and I will now have more time to enjoy opera all around the world...
...anger desirable or undesirable? Is anger a hateful and disfiguring manifestation? Or is it an effective, animating instrument? The English essayist Thomas Fuller composed a lovely sermonette on anger in 1642. "Anger is one of the sinews of the soul," Fuller wrote. "He that wants it hath a maimed mind... nor is it good to converse with such as cannot be angry, and with the Caspian Sea never ebb and flow." But Fuller set up sensible rules, such as this: "Take heed of doing irrevocable acts in thy passion... Samson's hair grew again, but not his eyes." He acknowledged...
...world is divided between those who consider anger to be a form of temporary insanity and those who believe it to be a sign of strength of character, a weapon in the hands of the righteous, an instrument of justice. The Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics says primly that "anger... is found in the divine character, as it is always found in any strong human character...
...Cleveland, Ohio--are right, we may all live to regret our tube-trolling ways. At a meeting of the American Academy of Neurology last week, they reported that people who remain active outside of work by taking up such stimulating activities as painting, gardening or playing a musical instrument are three times less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease as they age than their more intellectually passive peers. I always suspected that the box would turn my mind to mush, and here's the proof...
Words from both sides suggest two areas of underlying agreement among the discord: achievement tests are worthwhile, but MCAS is an imperfect instrument...