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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Occasionally steam emerges through fissures in the ground called fumaroles (from the Latin word fumariolum; meaning smokehole), and the simplest way to prospect for this geothermal energy is to look for such vaporous leaks in the earth's crust. But in areas where the energy remains trapped underground, geologists must use more sophisticated techniques. One method employs infra-red aerial photography. Since the infra-red film is sensitive to heat, geothermal areas are likely to show up lighter in the picture. Another method measures the earth's electrical conductivity, which increases with the presence of subsurface hot water...
...large extent, the worldly orientation of the messages reflected the growing influence of churchmen from the "third world" of Africa, Asia and Latin America, who are less concerned with theological niceties than with committing the church to support of the poor and the underprivileged. There were 32 delegates from developing nations, for example, on the 105-man committee that drafted the document on peace and international justice, which not only condemned the use of nuclear weapons in war but also gave support to the idea of selective pacifism. Traditionally, Christian moral theology has accepted conscientious objection only...
...have served in sub-Saharan Africa (129), East Asia and the Pacific islands (58, Latin America (88) and in the North Africa Near East and South Asia region...
...carefully wrought effigies were intended originally as toys, or as decoration. They are important, says Girard because "toys are a natural, generic expression of a people. They reflect the whole of its life in miniature." Even trivial trinkets, Girard feels, reflect a potent folk tradition derived from Latin America's unique amalgam of cultures...
...their religious rituals. In San Antonio, Girard displays pre-Inca dolls found inside burial shrouds, Christian saints and angels, Haitian voodoo fertility symbols. Among the tableaux that most colorfully mix the half-Christian, half-pagan customs are those depicting All Souls' Day (Nov. 2), a festival celebrated in Latin America as a cheerful holiday for the dead...