For most of us, there is little doubt that science was victorious in its centuries-long warfare with theology. From Galileo—kneeling in the robes of a penitent criminal before his Inquisitors, pleading for mercy […]
[…] borrowed from some BYU films of the past: The hero and his friends are shown loping, slow-motion over brilliant sand dunes for what seems like days and miles, never missing a breath, nor mussing […]
[…] shelf seemed to have taken on an ugly leer. “Sometimes she buys milk. She knows where to buy the cheapest kind. Then she puts plenty of water so it will last a long time. […]
[…] the time Mr. Corliss became a state senator in the Thirties, she had saved money enough to buy desert properties on his advice. It was only right that he should advise her. Didn’t he […]
[…] by the fence—he could not get beyond it. His thoughts turned back to themselves, (p. 29) Chapter 6 begins: “The first time he visited this spot had been that November when he was seven, […]
[…] suggested that it was “embarrassing as hell,” because Doan accused these people of being too cowardly to buy liquor from a nearby store so their neighbors could witness it. (Lee Interview, 1972) Letter, McKay […]
[…] are eager to learn more about the man they accept as God’s special representative that they might buy even a bad book. But I think a second factor is the book’s readability. One young […]
[…] to teach seminary he met me with three instructions: “Brother Lyon, we want you to settle down, buy a home, and vote the Republican ticket.” This is how strongly he was committed. It so […]
Mira, the protagonist of Marilyn French’s best-selling novel, did not usually buy women’s magazines, but she pored over them at the dentist’s office: “Rate yourself: are you a good wife? Are you still attractive? […]
[…] bills of sale, newspaper advertisements, plantation account ledgers—was gathered and analyzed statistically to answer, either anew or for the first time, vexing questions about our nation’s “peculiar institution.” How well treated were slaves? What […]