Word: retreatism
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...think there’s no fun to be had. “[We have] an incredible group of 23 dioramas,” explained Museum Director Dr. James F. O’Keefe ’67. Harvard’s Crimson Key Society held its annual board retreat in the forest last winter. After a foliage-packed weekend, President Nicole T. Townsend ’07 gave the earthy vacation spot a thumbs up. “It was great to get away and not worry about campus activities,” she said...
...adhere to any faith refrain from labeling those who do as lacking intellectual validity in their thought processes.And in all fairness, Christians and people of other faiths should be willing to engage in intellectual conversations with those who are curious. My non-religious friend attended a Christian retreat and asked questions such as, “Why would the Supreme Being who created this universe really care if you had sex before marriage?” He was dismayed and turned away from religion because he observed that the Christians “clammed up and became uncomfortable?...
...mini-terraces and supersleek insides, was one of two winning French designs. Inspired by the results, Algeco now plans to unveil its own high-end prototype and a line of "flexible" housing starting in September. Meanwhile, the prizewinning Casse-Tête can be yours for $95,200. THE RETREAT www.retreathomes.co.uk You can't see the wheels or the chassis, but they're there. The Retreat is really an upscale trailer in disguise and does not require a building permit. You can plop it in your garden as a guesthouse, perhaps, or take it anywhere you would a mobile home...
What began as a part-time kitchen job at an Opus Dei retreat in Pembroke, Mass., became a 20-year career for a woman we'll call Lucy. (She recently left the group and asks that her real name not be used.) Just 16 at the time she started working there, Lucy not only liked her co-workers but appreciated their spirituality as well. After graduating from high school in 1985, she attended Lexington College in Chicago, an Opus Dei-affiliated school for women interested in hospitality professions. That fall, without telling her parents, she joined the organization...
...option to deal with Tehran's nuclear ambitions. Monday morning, President Bush dismissed the reports as "just wild speculation," saying such mind games happen "quite frequently here in the nation?s capital." But it?s a safe bet - assuming Tehran, which shows no sign of backing down, doesn?t retreat - that such "wild speculation" will ripen into "informed speculation" and finally into a real live war plan for Bush?s approval...