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...soil that supports it. Unless a series of biblical deluges recharges that soil, the water deficit will not be overcome in the next rainy season, so that by the following dry season, soil moisture will be drawn down even further, beyond the reach of the rain-forest root network...
...ELTIS: Once more the insider-outsider divide is critical. At root, this is an expression of the contradiction in all human beings of the need to belong and at the same time to differentiate themselves. My argument is that societies do not usually enslave their own members, except for what is perceived as anti-social behavior. Between the Dark Ages and Columbian contact ? aided by the concept of Christendom ? Europe came to form an important element in the collective identities (that is the way people saw themselves as a group) of all western European peoples. Thus the French, Germans, English...
...says Kowalski, can lead the susceptible to "put themselves proximate to darkness." Many exorcists praise The Exorcist for its realism. Kowalski, for one, is looking forward to seeing the movie, which has been re-edited to add 11 min. of footage. "How could I not go," he asks, "and root for the home team...
...author of The Rhetorical Presidency. He scoffed at the idea of trying to elevate the level of political discourse in our home. First of all, he said, "young kids' reaction to politics is much like their reaction to sports and religion. They just want to know, 'Whom do we root for?'" Besides, local elections usually mean more to children than national ones. Tulis' daughter Elizabeth, for instance, now a college senior, was thrilled when Dad took her out of elementary school to join then Texas Governor Ann Richards' triumphant inaugural march...
...author of "The Rhetorical Presidency." He scoffed at the idea of trying to elevate the level of political discourse in our home. First of all, he said, "young kids' reaction to politics is much like their reaction to sports and religion. They just want to know, 'Whom do we root for?'" Besides, local elections usually mean more to children than national ones. Tulis' daughter Elizabeth, for instance, now a college senior, was thrilled when Dad took her out of elementary school to join then Texas governor Ann Richards' triumphant inaugural march...