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With this information in hand, they separated out one key group: all third-class passengers age 35 or older who were traveling with no children. The researchers figured that these were the people who faced the greatest likelihood of death because they were old enough, unfit enough and deep enough below the decks to have a hard time making it to a lifeboat. What's more, traveling without children may have made them slightly less motivated to struggle for survival and made other people less likely to let them pass. This demographic slice then became the so-called reference group...
...three distinct kinds: first class, second class, and third class, with further scales of value evident but less formally defined within each class. First class relics include any object that may have had contact with Jesus Christ during his life, death or resurrection: wood from the stable where legend says he was born; pieces of the cross or nails used for his crucifixion; the Shroud of Turin, which the faithful believe wrapped his body before it was set in the tomb ... Had John the Baptist worn a watch, for example, it would be a second-class relic. (Had Jesus given...
...Iraq, hurricanes, earthquakes and massive federal indebtedness?it has been difficult to see a light at the end of the tunnel. But reading about the efforts under way to reduce our dependence on oil gives me new hope that my grandchildren are not doomed to third-class status in the future. Ernestine Donnell Austin, Texas...
...Iraq, hurricanes, earthquakes and massive federal indebtedness - it has been difficult to see a light at the end of the tunnel. But reading about the efforts under way to reduce our dependence on oil gives me new hope that my grandchildren are not doomed to third-class status in the future. Ernestine Donnell Austin, Texas, U.S. How long oil reserves are going to last is beside the point. The important question is how long we can afford to burn fossil fuels without considering the long-term consequences of the accumulation of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Huber, like many...
...inundated us--the war in Iraq, hurricanes, earthquakes and massive federal indebtedness--it has been difficult to see a light at the end of the tunnel. But reading about the efforts to reduce our dependence on oil gives me new hope that my grandchildren are not doomed to third-class status in the future. ERNESTINE DONNELL Austin, Texas...