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...been told was progressive (the Unitarian Universalist Church in Boston) and that had been rebuilt from the ruins of fire. I went, moreover, as someone whose faith is, and may be always, small and weak. I felt strange walking to church, and stranger still entering it, for I am prone to skepticism, particularly where matters of the spirit are concerned. I know about the death wrought by religion, the divisive, imperial-laden turns it can take, the hatred it can pull out of the mouth of love. Much the same I could sayunpopular as it is to do soabout...
...aftermath, or depleted afterlife, of war. And yet, to my eyes, what is envisioned by way of war is, realistically, only more war, a potentially\ unending spiral of suspicion, hatred, violence, and death. To seek or champion peace is not an easy task and is prone, it too, to exemplary stylizations, grandiose aspirations, and expressions of strength and power. To be sure, peace needs emulation if it is ever really to be; it needs a replication of certain protocols and positions, a reiteration of smallness, weakness, and vulnerabilityi.e. humanityon a grand, global scale...
...knit circle of longtime advisers; or that the New Age reformer is an old-fashioned nationalist at heart, influenced by some of the country's most extreme right-wing politicians; or that the man with the seemingly natural empathy for people is, in his private life, aloof and cold, prone to putting career before family. And only his closest friends realize that this consummate politician deeply despises Japanese politics, for reasons that are as much personal as they are philosophical...
...Soviet expert in the White House of Bush I--finding time along the way to become an accomplished pianist, ice skater and sports buff. Her hard-line positions have surprised even seasoned alumni of Republican administrations. J. Stapleton Roy, Bush Sr.'s ambassador to China, says Rice is "prone to the naive view that we are strong and they are weak and we should ruthlessly exploit that." Rice, like her boss, has a rebellious streak...
...which he closely examined the behavior of 35 home schoolers and 35 public schoolers. He found that home schoolers were generally more patient and less competitive. They tended to introduce themselves to one another more; they didn't fight as much. And the home schoolers were much more prone to exchange addresses and phone numbers. In short, they behaved like miniature adults...