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Traveling through Communist China, Dr. Hewlett Johnson, the "Red Dean" of Canterbury, turned up at Taerh Monastery at Sining in the remote northwest, where he posed for pictures after discussing matters of mutual interest with two Living Buddhas, seven-year-old Achia, head of the monastery, and the equally youthful Saito...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Oct. 8, 1956 | 10/8/1956 | See Source »

...going to the movies every Sunday afternoon," announced the seven-year-old girl. "Why?" asked her father. "Then Jesus won't get me," she explained. "At Bible school the teacher said that some day Jesus was coming down from Heaven and He would take each of us in His arms and carry us up to Heaven...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Embarrassing Questions | 10/8/1956 | See Source »

...sister lied today," said a Roman Catholic seven-year-old. "She said Jesus could stand there and tell a mountain to move, and it would. She lied, because no one can do that." His father said, "Perhaps the sister merely thought Jesus could do that. She wasn't lying if she really thought so." Parents, says Liberal Hunter, should stress to their children that "it is all right to have different ideas about things...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Embarrassing Questions | 10/8/1956 | See Source »

...physical history, tested her for motor ability, environmental adaptiveness and awareness. Dr. Parmelee told the parents that Mary Ann will be able to learn to dress and feed herself and play with other children, but at best will attain only the mentality of a six-or seven-year-old. The father blurted out: "I'll take bets on that, doctor. That baby's going to be all right! And there's no Orientals in our family...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Retarded Infants | 8/13/1956 | See Source »

...practical nurse, ran a convalescent home that technically conformed to state laws even though there was neither full-time nurse nor night attendant nor fire alarm. One night last week fire swept through the hallways of the three-story home. Twelve people were killed: Mrs. Reagan, her seven-year-old grandson and ten patients, including one who could not walk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Nursing Homes | 8/13/1956 | See Source »

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