Traffic may worsen hay fever and asthma – Brief Article J. Raloff As roads grow ever more congested, commutes lengthen. Even though individual vehicles spew less pollution, the air remains choked with combustion byproducts. Now, urban denizens have yet another reason to hate traffic: It pollinates their air. A new study finds that cars and […]
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School reform and learners with disabilities Morgan, Robert L Schools continue to place learners with disabilities in the general education classroom and provide special education services in that environment. This trend developed from shifts in both general and special education. Each offers a different approach, yet both promote the provision of an individualized education to […]
Succeeding against the odds – Johnson Publishing Co – Special Issue: 50 Years of JPC – Redefining the Black Image John H. Johnson In 1942, in the middle of World War II, Harry Pace, president of the Supreme Liberty Life Insurance Co., gave me an assignment that changed my life. He told me that he […]
Wiesel, Elie & Heffner, Richard D. Conversations with Elie Wiesel – Brief Article – Young Adult Review – Book Review Patiricia A. Moore Random House, Schocken. 181p. c2001. 0-8052-1141-1, $12.00. SA Friends for decades, Rutgers Professor of Communications Heffner and Nobel Peace Prize winner and Boston University Humanities Professor Wiesel have spent hours in conversation. […]
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Aquinas on women
Aquinas on women John Wijngaards If only he knew what we know … Traditionalists like to present St. Thomas Aquinas (1224-1274 A.D.) as the bulwark of unquestioning orthodoxy. He is the model for all theologians, “able to overturn the dangerous principles of the new order,” to quote Pope Leo XIII. Was that not why Thomas […]
The downtrodden and the undead: ‘diaries’ tracks an early Che Guevara, slackers fight zombies in ‘Shaun’ Joseph Cunneen The Brazilian director Walter Salles, who scored so impressively with “Central Station,” should have an even bigger success with The Motorcycle Diaries, a deeply appealing story about Ernesto “Che” Guevara’s 8,000-kilometer trip through South America with his […]
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Sangria pens
http://www.looksmart.com/ http://www.findarticles.com/ FindArticles > Ebony > July, 2004 > Article > Print friendly Sangria pens FESTIVE WRITING INSTRUMENTS from Spain come in vibrant colors–green, blue, red or clear aluminum barrel. Choose ballpoint or fountain pen. Sangria Pens available at Levenger.com. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] COPYRIGHT 2004 Johnson Publishing Co. COPYRIGHT 2004 Gale Group
Jesuits to women: ‘we seek conversion.’ – Jesuit document – 34th General Congregation of Jesuits, Rome, Italy – Transcript Text of documention on Jesuits and the Situation of Women in Church and Civil Society Introduction The 33rd General Congregation made a brief mention of the “unjust treatment and exploitation of women.” It was part of […]
The Emotions of the Ancient Greeks: Studies in Aristotle and Classical Literature Anthony J. Podlecki The Emotions of the Ancient Greeks: Studies in Aristotle and Classical Literature, by David Konstan. Robson Classical Lectures. Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 2006. xvi, 422 pp. $85.00 Cdn (cloth). This volume started life as the Robson Classical Lectures for […]
Phenomenal Fathers – role models of African American fatherhood THEY’RE NOT ON TV. They’re not in the headlines or in the sociology books. But go down almost any street and you’ll find a phenomenal Black father keeping the ancient faith and passing on the baton of hope and strength and dignity. The names are numerous […]