Word: teachings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...British plan to teach Iran a lesson was equally chancy. While the economic chaos following Abadan's shutdown might force Iran's government to terms, the chaos would just as easily give the Tudeh the opening it was alerted...
Everybody likes Sisters Mary Jeanne Madeleine and Mary Francis Terese of the Third Order of St. Francis of Assisi. At Milwaukee's Cardinal Stritch College, music students flock to them; and for the children of St. John's School for the Deaf, the day they come to teach is the high point of the week. The sisters (who are twins) can feel the smiles that greet them as they rustle into a room. But they cannot see the smiles, for they are almost totally blind...
...John's, they teach the deaf to speak. The children read their lips, and as they do the sisters use the piano to stress the inflection of words-the accent of a syllable, the rhythm of a phrase, the melody of a whole sentence. The children listen with their hands and gradually their rasping monotones begin to break into clear and normal speech...
...Concentrate. At two, they also begin to learn French or Spanish from pictures and classroom conversation. They start each day with a prayer ("Teach us, O God, to love Thee and to be kind to each other . . ."), and listen to stories read from the Bible. Later on, they study the Scriptures, attend Bible classes right up to graduation. Says Mrs. Buckley: "We have to go back to the things that churches and Sunday schools used to teach my generation . . . respect for the laws of God ... a habitual vision of greatness...
...armed services use the lead-alloy Comet models ("accurate down to the thickness of the lacquer") to teach identification, demonstrate naval, land and air maneuvers on miniature battle grounds, and practice range-finding for gunners. Working from photos, blueprints or handmade models supplied by the armed forces, Comet's 50-man production line is ringed with the same security as many another defense plant. In an emergency, Comet's diemakers have turned out models of a weapon in 72 hours, from drawing board to finished product. At the time the first Walker Bulldog tanks rolled off the Cadillac...