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...report chides Rome for ignoring a generation of progressive Bible scholarship. The Roman draft, the Americans say, seems to presume that "New Testament texts are the product of direct historical reporting" and resorts to "proof-texting," quoting Scripture out of context to prove a doctrinal point. In addition, the Americans feel that science has been slighted in favor of an almost Fundamentalist approach to creation...
Particle physics holds another fascination for him: "It shows that the world is not really the way we see it." As if to illustrate the point, the computer screen on his table suddenly erupts in tiny bursts of colorful sparks without any special prompting. Glancing at it, Lertola, ever the sci-fi fan, says, "I'd like to look 100 years into the future and see how sophisticated equipment will be then...
...modern paradox that children are far more likely to have living grandparents but much less likely to know them well," says Fran Pratt, who directs the Center for Understanding Aging at Framingham State College in Massachusetts. Psychologists point out that old people and youngsters, whether related or not, have much to offer each other. An older person can fill a void for a child who does not have a grandparent living nearby. And companionship with a young child bolsters an elder against the isolation and loneliness that often accompany...
...seven other cities, elderly volunteers visit regularly with chronically ill children in a program called Family Friends. Generations Together, a research group based at the University of Pittsburgh, organizes phone links between older people and so-called latchkey kids, who return to empty homes after school. At the Point Park College Children's School in Pittsburgh, some preschoolers are being taught about aging by staff members, who are all over 55. The teachers use activities like planting seeds to illustrate the stages of the life cycle. % The aim is to "foster a child's development of positive attitudes toward...
...groups. The real test of these efforts will come during the next few decades, as the baby boomers turn geriatric and the rest of society has to bear the enormous burden of caring for them in what is likely to be an era of dwindling resources. At that point, the mutual understanding gained from present-day initiatives may provide a crucial buffer to bitter generational conflicts...