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SECOND THOUGHT
Looking again at news and commentary
The Boston Globe
"Kids can beat the odds" by Alison Bass
"The pioneering study that tracked ... [200] kids ... found that even children from very troubled backgrounds have a better than even chance of turning out okay. Launched in 1955 on a rural island in Hawaii, the study was one of the first to substantiate the idea that some children are hardy enough to survive the most chaotic circumstances. ...
"As they tracked [the] children from infancy into adolescence, they discovered that ... (a third) of them appeared to flourish despite the odds. They did well in school, were well-liked by their peers and teachers, and by late adolescence were well on the way to higher education and successful lives. ...
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December 10, 1990 issue
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How does God fit in?
William A. Gough
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Freeing ourselves from entangling vines
Hazel Teresa Cook
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"The most important prayer"
Lucinda Baker Greiner
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Alison Bass
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Will you do anything about crime?
Allison W. Phinney, Jr.
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Justice and God's law of harmony
Ann Kenrick
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Including the cat
Beryl Horner
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"The power of Christian Science and divine Love is omnipotent
Glenna V. Davis with contributions from Virginia D. Boardman, Lanny T. Halstead
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"Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits"...
Arline Marcotte
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A testimony written by my mother and published in the late...
Helen-Lane Jessop
