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...skeptic has proven spiritualism to be valid, but there is a residue of the unexplained in these claimed psychic events, some occurrences that seem to defy the laws of chance or mere coincidence. It is just such phenomena that are currently being investigated by parapsychologists under the general heading of ESP, extrasensory perception: telepathy, communication from one mind to another without normal means; precognition, the prediction of future events; clairvoyance, the power to discern objects not present to the senses; and psychokinesis, the movement of material objects with the mind. While investigations go on, though, such gifts pose a problem...
...works like a fiend and as a result ends up a brilliant, famous, albeit still slightly insecure, actor. How must it feel? "A little scary," says Pacino. Can he handle it? "Yes," he says firmly, "now I'm prepared." And with the sudden resolve, even the most confirmed skeptic can see it: an intensity of purpose which, in this one respect, makes Al Pacino resemble--well, yes--Michael Corleone...
...think itself uniquely favored by God? What worried Lewis was that earthly man might some day send his missionaries out to other planets, pressing salvation upon creatures who have no need for it, denouncing as sin differences of behavior that God had created and blessed. Thus the witty skeptic proposed...
...innocent, so unprepared....I was one of the disbelievers, a skeptic....but let me start at the beginning...
...Republican Senator from Iowa for nearly a quarter-century; of a heart attack; on Shelter Island, N.Y. A onetime Cedar Rapids lawyer, "Hick" Hickenlooper followed a traditional path through the Governor's Mansion before winning a Senate seat in 1944. In Washington, he was known as a consummate skeptic; he voted or argued against many Democratic measures, including the 1964 civil rights bill and Medicare. Until his retirement in 1969, however, he maintained a moderate internationalism as ranking Republican on the Foreign Relations Committee. He also sponsored several major laws, including the Atomic Energy...