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Later, Coles admits, things can change. "The world's restrictions become decisive antagonists to the boy or girl?saying 'no' to them about everything, teaching them to transform those refusals into a judgment of their worth as individuals and as citizens." The point is eloquently put by one mother: "I don't know how to keep my kids from getting stained and ruined by everything outside. They are alive, and then they quit. I can tell it by their walk and how they look. They slow down and get so tired in their face, and they get all full...
Despite the luxury-cruise prices, the S.S. France is more streamlined than elegant. In service since 1962, it was designed primarily to carry 500 first-class and 1,500 tourist passengers on Atlantic crossings; closing some of the smaller cabins for the current cruise did not automatically transform it into a one-class luxury liner. Most of the furniture aboard is covered with functional vinyl, and there is no outdoor swimming pool...
...extremely lyrical and musical qualities of Thomas's language transform the simple depiction of this "back water of life" into a lilting modern folk ballad, and it is plain to see that young Bob Zimmerman knew what he was doing when he changed his name to Bob Dylan. Influenced as he was by this evocative heritage, the revival of Thomas's dramatic scheme can still ring true for the present generation. Often more lyric verse than drama, a performance of Under Milk Wood tickles the fancy and intoxicates the cars with continual pranks on the English language and hilarious word...
...students is to become aware of the oppressor in the outside world and in one's own head. Such reflection leads to action to rid oneself of that oppressor--education as praxis--and praxis leads to liberation:"...the action and reflection of men upon their world in order to transform...
Noam Chomsky, professor of linguistics at MIT, held out the possibility that the American people's opposition to the war in Indochina can end it, but warned last night that economists from the U.S. and Japan are now making plans to transform Southeast Asia into a source of cheap goods for sale in the rich countries of the world...