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There were other careers he might have pursued. At George School, the Quaker prep school Ennis attended in Pennsylvania, he was a good singer and actor. In Atlanta he appeared in a local ad for Fila sportswear. Just before his death, he promised Michelle Hood, a fashion-photographer friend in New York City, that he would pose for her. But she says he never thought of modeling as a serious career, only as a way to make a little extra money for school. Apart from sports cars, he did not have his father's passion for the appurtenances of celebrity...
...process theology, whose proponents argue that God evolves along with man. In their mind, the immutable God embraced by scholars like Plantinga make no more sense today than an unchanging computer operating system. "If God doesn't change, we are in danger of losing God," says William Grassie, a Quaker professor of religion at Temple University, "There is a shift to [the idea of] God as a process evolving with us. If you believe in an eternal, unchanging God, you'll be in trouble...
...ugliest--the "we're more exclusive than you" mentality that Burke's inspires and promotes. Many genealogists have abandoned that attitude and search for the identities of their forebears. I find it more interesting to note that Richard M. Nixon and Carter are sixth cousins through common Quaker forebears than from what medieval monarch they may or may not be descended...
...Quaker's goalie, freshman Michael O'Connor was honored for the second straight week and was named the Rookie of the Week...
BORN: Aug. 4, 1928, Redlands EDUCATION: U of Redlands, B.A., 1950; Claremont Graduate School, M.A., 1959; California State Polytechnic U at Pomona, Ph.D., 1974 FAMILY: Wife, Lillian; four children RELIGION: Quaker MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Professor POLITICAL CAREER: None ADDRESS: P.O. Box 255, Claremont...