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Programming is so important that a New Age breed of crystal therapists has sprung up to teach the uninitiated how to harness their rock power. Brett Bravo, 54, who was raised a strict Methodist in Texas, left organized religion in l975 to follow her "evolutionary spiritual path" to Solana Beach, Calif., where she conducts weekly seminars on how to program crystals. In a $45 one-day session, participants learn to cure ailments, erase negativity and recharge energy stores. "The way the stones heal," claims Bravo, "is by man's electrical field combining with the crystal's electromagnetic field. This affects...
...long now has the world sprung away from religion and faith that it may be ready to move back toward a compromise. Our 19th century ancestors did a thorough job of divorcing feeling from intellect. Your 20th century ancestors are beginning to seek a reconciliation. For all our dials and buttons, we have known from the start how helpless we often are before the consequences of our ingenuity. One still sees a lot of machinery these days, but very little machine worship, and almost none of the irrational overconfidence in human knowledge that the 19th century willed...
...million without a cube of ice to show for it. The roof of the pavilion, which houses the changing rooms and restaurant, was riddled with holes and made a perfect sieve. The ice-making equipment could not do its job because its 22 miles of refrigeration pipes had sprung dozens of leaks, a disaster that was not discovered until after concrete had been poured. The pipes were further damaged as workmen chopped up the concrete to make repairs. The rink's floor was also badly slanted, causing water to accumulate...
...included--have made the decision to cut down on their intake of red meat. That's not good news for an industry that thrives on selling lots'o'burgers to keep its growth charts from becoming ungrowth charts. Hence, the number of salad bars and alternative menus that have sprung up in fast-food bistros across the land...
...mother, too, was a poor bowler and frequently sent the ball skidding toward the sides of the alley. Once, she flung the ball so hard into the gutter that it sprung out and knocked down a few pins. Amazed, she yelled, "Fantastic...