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...afternoon TV show, which was aimed at kids and ran in Detroit, Los Angeles and New York off and on from the 1950s through the '70s, had the seeming informality of a friendly fellow you would hire to entertain the tots. He'd crack venerable jokes, play with puppets, teach the occasional verity ("Don't eat just before dinner") and, at the end, get a custard pie in the face. Simple stuff, really, but delivered with a brio that kept generations of children giggling. So his death on Thursday in a Bronx hospice, at age 83 after years of declining...
...teach two fiction courses here at Harvard—“Intro to Fiction Writing” and “Advanced Fiction Writing.” What advice do you have for your students or other aspiring writers...
...course, many religions have long histories of intolerance toward other viewpoints, and there is always a danger that, in promoting the practice of religion, one is breeding intolerance. However, religion also has a great potential for fostering tolerance: When religious groups teach their members to be open to others’ beliefs, the experience of belonging to one religion can help people draw parallels to their own experiences and create understanding deepened by shared beliefs and experiences...
...opportunity to experience religion, parents should be encouraged to give their children a religious education—not to indoctrinate them and make them intolerant of others’ viewpoints, but rather to give them the experience of being part of a spiritual community as well as to teach them about religion through the actual practice of it. Only in that way will they be able to truly understand the beliefs of those around them...
...Association’s alternative spring break program, which sends students to various locations for weeklong public service activities, received a record 380 applications—an increase of approximately 90 percent from last year. Harvard seniors from the Class of 2009 also set a record for applications to Teach for America—223 students applied, more than in any other year since the organization’s inception...