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...changes in building codes. What Sioux Chief really needed was a fortune-teller--and now Howard has that job. His crystal ball: a $4,995 Forecast Pro software program from Business Forecast Systems, based in Belmont, Mass. These days Howard's prophecies help everyone at Sioux Chief stay sane...
...Christians are really latter-day deists, conceiving of God as a distant, prehistoric clockmaker, setting the world in motion and then stepping back, safely out of the picture. They even accept the persistence of prayer with good grace, acknowledging its much-touted psychological benefits while assuming that no sane person would actually expect God to answer...
Even the populist Sunday Mirror gushed, "She has almost become a symbol of all that Britain wants to stand for...something safe, sane, stable and as everlasting as the Tower of London." And as reassuringly familiar. Generations from now, her performance in that most deceptively difficult of jobs will be the standard by which the world's remaining monarchs are judged. The Queen Mother blended a sense of majesty and a sense of fun so comfortably that national feeling and natural feeling chimed. In the end, she made royalty seem human and humanity downright regal...
...many who came forward last Saturday to disagree vehemently. In his tribute he described her as a symbol of Britain's "decency and courage." Much earlier the populist Sunday Mirror had similarly gushed, "She has almost become a symbol of all that Britain wants to stand for . . . something safe, sane, stable and as everlasting as the Tower of London." And as reassuringly familiar. Generations from now, her performance in that most deceptively difficult of jobs will be the standard by which the world's remaining monarchs are judged. The Queen Mother blended a sense of majesty and a sense...
...setting a world record for long commutes, choosing to live in Williamstown, Massachusetts, nearly three hours from the capitol. Perhaps Massachusetts should provide housing. Yes, Boston real estate is pricey. True, she and her husband aren't rich and wanted a leafy backyard for the family. But what sane mother would choose among admittedly difficult tradeoffs the one that puts you several hours away from you children every working...