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... human behaviour, history, anthropological features and many other aspects of human beings. The basic understanding that is being put forward is that languages, which are the software for human communication, are powerful media, which not only can help in communication, but also does contain extremely powerful designs and programs, which literally design all societies. Lan...

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...A QUOTE from this book about what is in the offing for the USA as feudal languages enter inside the social system: QUOTE: Yet the continuous and incessant bombardment of alien cultural ideology embedded in feudal languages, could create experiences, which are not English and will lead USA to s...

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...Part I Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 English in comparison with other languages Chapter 3 The overpowering force of a feudal language Heed these words Chapter 4 The International Effect-a preparatory reflection The seeming coincidences Chapter 5 The Nations ...

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...page no. March of the Evil Empires! English versus the feudal languages!! March of the Evil Empires! English ve... ... March of the Evil Empires! English versus the feudal languages!! VOLUME ONE – (out of 2 Volumes) by ... ...page no. March of the Evil Empires! English versus the feudal languages!! Foreword This is my first book on feudal lan... ...mean You, but also means He, She etc. and also has become a word to signify a social title. It also has a cumulative meaning of Sir. ... ...o splits into a lot of equivalent words, each with different social significances. In Hindi, the words can be USS and UNN. In the Malaya... ...g coincidences · One may say that the Magna Carta, that was signed in England, which indeed shows that the nobility could debat... ... political canvas, get to taste the international scene. The satellite television, Internet, Computers, International travel, Five Star Hotels... ...ctor has now appeared on the horizon. That is the arrival of satellite Television. Earlier, after a few years of domicile in an English nation... ...edroom, the native social environment daily comes, through the channel televisions. I can assure them that this is a threat not to be viewed w...

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...herlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1893) Significant challenges abound in the astrobiological study of thesolar syst... ... to Europe in the 1300s carried the Black Death plaguethat caused the most significant reduction of the global human popula-tion in documented history... ...v When Biospheres Collidebeen widely recognized to cause significant damage to local ecologiesand economies, though not directly cau... ...bmitted a draft of this treatyto the United Nations (UN) in June 1966. The language of the draftdocument was preserved in Article IX of the 1967 UN Tr... ...ar weapons on the Moon. In particular, Article IV includes the following language: “States Parties to the Treaty undertake not to place in orbi... ... might have been due to Imshenetsky’s lack of understanding of the English language, or to his intentional evasion of questions. Other space scienti... ... not yet become well known through his books, 6articles, and public television series, and most scientists did not seri-ously think that toxic ... ...r.288 As the astronauts walked across the Hornet’s deck (see figure 4.2),television crews broadcast their images to millions of viewers aroundthe wo... ...ct equipment. This was yet another precau-tion against back contamination. Television commentators explainedto the world that the chances of back cont...

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...mposition of interesting fiction and non-fiction: successful (and unsuccessful) structuring of plots, characters, and symbolism; apt and vivid use of language and imagery; and even the sources of disastrously unintended humor. By making the cognitive basis clear and constantly exploring the alternative possibilities, this book shows how great writers have made their writi...

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...aking sense” as historically changing figments of our brain’s constant demand for Coherence. 5. Le Mot injuste 61 How writers make language itself (which, to be intelligible, must be known—dull) vividly new. Specificity and the explosion of information; the “visual” factor. 6. Strange Bedfellows 78 Imagery: creating new environs fo...

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...cation Data:Barber, Paul, 1941- Words of Uncommon Shape: How Writers Create Vividness in Language and Story / by P. T. Barber. Includes bibliogr... ...for Coherence.5. Le Mot injuste 61 How writers make language itself (which, to be intelligible, must be k... ...lly understanding plot, as I learned when I started towrite fiction. And yet it is perhaps a sign of wisdom if our graduate 2p... ...at everything has to hang together._____ C. I use the term “left brain” here to refer to the language/logic side. In about fourpercent of the populati... ...ge of the mute button, their trade places a great premiumon vividness. There was a time when television commercials consisted ofa man in a suit talkin... ... possible. For many years, at NBA games, ads were put up at theedge of the court, facing the television cameras. But eventually theadvertisers introdu... ...theirproduct to leap out in front of what you’re trying to do and scream forattention. In television advertising, where movement—a source of contra... ...tively wants to see the end of a motion. The motion itself need not always be particularly significant, nor, for that matter, even intended. A fly... ... action of the story. In real life there may bethings that can be merely present but without significance, the way I 19sometime...

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...Reflections of a Technocrat Managing Defense, Air, and Space Programs during the Cold War DR. JOHN L. MCLUCAS ... ...or, and scientist.” The two paragraphs quoted beloware from a certificate I signed as secretary of defense, awardingJohn L. McLucas the Department of D... ...r Force. . . . His direction of the Air Force space pro- gram has brought significant gains to the United States. His leadership, coupled with his im... ...s thatcan so tragically afflict the elderly.) Uncle Harold had been themost significant bridge to my past, so his question seemed es-pecially poignant. ... ... sector, HRB decidedin 1948 to profit from the exploding field of commercial television.The company applied for a Federal Communications Commission(FCC)... ...ennsylvania, outbid us. Undeterred, HRB became alicensed dealer for Dumont Television Corporation, an early man-ufacturer of television sets. Receptio... ...telligencecommunity and other government clients, some of us envisionedour television business as a profitable and stable underpinningfor HRB’s future ... ... Communications Sta-tion Nurrungar (which means “to hear” in an Aboriginal language).I visited the partially completed Nurrungar station on my trip to... ...not surprised at his answer. At the moment, ashe pointed out, the approved language for use in public discus-sions of satellite photography is extreme...

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...r payable to KULEANA ‘¯IWI PRESSNÅ Luna Ho‘oponopono ‘¯lelo Hawai‘i /Hawaiian Language Editors Correspondence Kaleolani Akim, No... ...hato help bring this book into being: To our excellent Hawaiian language editors: Kaleolani Akim, Noelani... ...eSmith TËtË’s Hawaiian and the Emergence of a Neo-Hawaiian Language PØ 76 P. Kahuhu “Halawai Hookeai.” An editorial... ... Noelani: Huliau also has another significant meaning, and that is to recall the ... ... change and rebirth. This is important, think that she didn’t make a significant contri-because in a sense we are reestablishing b... ...is guish what was true from what was false, I amthe time to be reading signs and observing; so grateful that there are these spiritua... ... there aftah hours and hours of practice wit’other room over the blare of the television. She Aunty Hattie’s hÅlau.”was watching her favorite s... ...ily, and the dull hum of a“Akahele,” MØhala teased, “that might be television set was drowned out by the chirpingMakalei, fish attracting s... ... and sovereigntyAnd wen dey stay in Hawai‘i, going be on da television newsaloha print going be mandatory and in all...

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... BS”DContact us at: All rights reserved©2016Idea Sign LTD. Unit 306-7, 3/F., Chinachem Golden Plaza,77 Mody Road, Tsimshatsu... ...olate, you want to play just onemore game, you want to watch a little more television, you stand inline, and really want to be first, you’re angry at ... ... kids toward a multicultural society in which the English and Chinese languages are ever present and as necessary as math, music and physica... ... 70%of them live in Asia.Indigenous People usually have (or had) their own language. Today,Indigenous people speak some 4,000 languages. They have dis... .... McDonald’s Golden Arches right infront of a Traditional Chinese Building.LANGUAGE EXTINCTIONLanguage extinction is accelerating today for some of th... ... more nations, governments, corporates and Digital Tribes have placed programs with the goal to preserve and protect indigenous cultures? ... ... scientist, following a Bloomberg Television interview in London, U.K., on Tuesday, Aug.... ...lling to take the first arrow, tackle the first problem,discover the first sign of trouble just as the lion would do.Be humble but not timid; some con... ...zens (economic, ethical, intellectual, social, moral). The richest andmost significant resource of any nation on the planet is the potential ofits cit...

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...some cosmic objects (for example make visible a part of the Earth, or a Lunar Base, …); • Theatre for deaf and mute people (with their International Sign Language); • Theatre for blind people (only sounds); • The difference between the place where the play is performed and the place where, in fact, it should be played. (Specify in the play: winter instead of summer, in ...

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... writes schizophrenic, apocalyptic, violent, obscene, contradictory poetry (violence in language; disorderly literature);• They count on scandal for... ...arth, or a Lunar Base, …);• Theatre for deaf and mute people (with their International Sign Language);• Theatre for blind people (only sounds);• T... ... or a Lunar Base, …);• Theatre for deaf and mute people (with their International Sign Language);• Theatre for blind people (only sounds);• The di... ...dialogue with another famous personage from another drama play (eventually in different languages) copying their replicas exactly (making “centon” w... ...nsional festivals in communist societies (not theatre);• Deaf actors using the American Sign Language (Illinois Shakespeare Festival);• Let’s set up... ...territory and not vice versa;• It has been changed the principle of equivalence between sign and reality; o Simulation of simulations; o A li... ...e procedures already have been implemented;• Audiovisual documents: o radio, o television, o films, o magnetic tapes, o disks.• ... ...ented at the: news, information, or entertainment; • You could contact the radio and television by telephone (first the local stations); •... ...n by herself!);• Enumeration of precisely defined objects, restaurant’s menu, concert’s programs, dietary recipes, authentic or imaginary bibliograp...

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...Language is the fiber that binds us to our cultural identity. The UH Hilo College of Hawaiian Language, Ka Haka Ula O Keelikolani was established in 1997 by the Hawaii State Legislature to “serve as a focal point for the s...

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...is act authorizes the Secretary of Education to make a direct grant to the Education Council to coordinate the educational and related services and programs available to Native Hawaiians; to assess the extent to which such services and programs meet the needs of Native Hawaiians, and collect data on the status of Native Hawaiian education; to provide direction and guid...

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...Guidelines for Schools and Institutions. 45 -- Guidelines for Families. 55 -- Guidelines for Communities. 65 -- Na Honua Mauli Ola Action Plan. 77 -- Programs and Organizations Glossary. 79 -- Hawaiian Glossary. 81 -- English Glossary. 87 -- References. 89 --...

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...Council to coordinate the Learning Environmentseducational and related services and programs available to Native Hawaiians; to assess theextent to whi... ... Native Hawaiians. Ka Haka ÿUla O Keÿelikölani College of Hawaiian Language ÿO ka ÿölelo ke kaÿä o ka mauli - Language is the fiber t... ...is the fiber that binds us to our cultural identity.The UH Hilo College of Hawaiian Language, Ka Haka ÿUla O Keÿelikölani was established in 1997by th... ...slature to “serve as a focal point for the states efforts to revitalize theHawaiian language through teacher training, undergraduate and graduate stud... ...ity and provide appropriate interpretation of its cultural meaning and significance. 6. Engage themselves regularly in approp... ...of culture and tradition in a variety of expressions and media. (i.e., television, radio, newspapers, internet and fine arts... .... Use traditional naming practices and help each child understand the significance of the names they carry. 3. Provide oppor... ...an naming practices and help children and parents understand their meaning and significance. 7. Be proactive participants in learning and util... ... commemorations, and so on) 8. Promote regular Hawaiian programming on radio and television outlets in the community. (i.e., local news, story...

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... the distinction between the substance and the form of representation by playing upon (by both extending and contracting) the distance between the sign (or the icon as subsumed within a given significant system) and its supposed, intended or anticipated meaning. The written word as imagined in the painting of Miro is language itself finally revealed in its essential ...

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...it is fitting that they also gainshape our sensory inputs into a string of signification. Signification new life, and a new temporal presence,... ...transformative as The book is a curious artifact: historically significant, tempo-well as enlightening. Dr. Lima is particularly intereste... ... portal into moving currents of signification which are paradoxically “From now on all art will be Mimetic ... ... common surrealist strategy of contrasts and conflation of language and image, exemplified in Magritte’s celebrate... ...he written word as imagined in the painting of Miro is language itself finally revealed in its essential natur... ... the essential use of a ‘mathematical language’ in scientific formula- Science and art have a common aim: to mak... ...was analyzed by Jean Baudrillard in a well-known private programs and projects. 2essay . The emergence of graffiti followed a peri... ... London; Williams, Raymond (1974), Television: Technology and Cultural Form, London 104 ...

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...cutting through the jungle and allowing all of us to see the sunlight. 2. Language: Togan was fluent in a number of diverse languages (German, ... ...l caused some reading apparatus fits by displaying combinations of these languages and dialects for scholarly purposes, but also for discourse un-... ...there is a fine bering the proceedings in the “original,” the particular language or dialect in line between r... ... Islamic centers as Bukhara, Herat, Rayy and Bagdad constituted a significant tragedyof Mollakay village of the East of the Urals, and a pr... ...four years later. under the title of “Signs of Appreciation Shown to a Turk Scholar.” I discovered many ... ...center of Buddhizm during the 7th and 8th centuries. I did not encounter any signbeginning of the 16th century, a large work on the social and cultura... ...d all this to the Soviet administrators insuddenly, since their politics and programs were well known by our people and they ... ...um that had enormous influenceand returned home, the Cedid and the Erk Party programs were established. All these ... ... largest newspaper, Asahi Shimbun, author M Takagi; and the television specialistRepresentation that was opened in Gulca. Now, if you...

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... Life GuideContact us at: All rights reserved© 2016Idea Sign LTD. Unit 306-7, 3/F., Chinachem Golden Plaza,77 Mody Road, Tsimshatsu... ...h and touch the divine part in you.The Ten Commandments become in a modern language a metaphorthat means important rules to be considered and followed... ...d make the incredible changes, as thisguide was written especially for you!Signature: GalorianExodus 20, 1’ And G-d spoke all these ... ...between all those voices thatwish for our attention – the media (Internet, television, radio,newspapers, commercials and more), the voices of the stat... ...he point, say it as it is. Start asking the tuff questions in avery simple language. Life is a process of error and trial and the morewe make sure to ... ... fraction of time, there is still from converse. A man speaksnot only with language and with the words he chooses to say but alsowith silence, with st... ...lling to take the first arrow, tackle the firstproblem, discover the first sign of trouble.Be humble but not timid; some confuse between the two but m... ...ism applies not only to lifeexperiences, but to communities, institutions, programs -- basically any humanendeavor. Great businessmen are not the peop...

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...gazing at the ripples of water when the meal arrived. “Is something bothering you?” I asked again. The question hung in the air, and we ate without signing. When our ferry rounded the point, she signed. “Let’s go. We must unload the truck and put wood on the fire.” On the way home, I paused at the Oldsmobile parked in the cove so Pearl could drive it home. I drove home...

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...ary 1987: Metamorphosis Jan: Pearl Calls Chicago Mar: I Want a Baby May: Fuck You, Pig Jul: Unhappy Campers Aug: Borrowed Semen Sep: Death by Television Oct: Book Panic, Car Terror Dec: Arrest Derrick! 1988: Paranoia Jan: Where Are the Bullets? Feb: How Did You Find Me? Mar: Your Little Black Book Jun: Hearing Strange Stories Aug: Psychological Abuse! Nov...

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...af woman. Their chat, scribbled on napkins, flowseasily, and friendship blossoms. He learns sign language. They movetogether to isolated Bowen Island,... ...man. Their chat, scribbled on napkins, flowseasily, and friendship blossoms. He learns sign language. They movetogether to isolated Bowen Island, shar... ...permission.This is a true story. Most written conversations are abridged from transcripts. Signed and oral conversations are recreations from notes a... ... 232 Aug: Borrowed Semen 235 Sep: Death by Television 239 Oct: Boo... ...you.” She smiled and wrote, “We are 200,000 deafies in Canada. Ourlanguage is ASL—American Sign Language.” “I’m getting an ice cream. Do you want on... ... She smiled and wrote, “We are 200,000 deafies in Canada. Ourlanguage is ASL—American Sign Language.” “I’m getting an ice cream. Do you want one?” ... ...inspected the receipt and counted her change. “Is it hard for hearing people to learn sign language?” I asked Jodi. “That depends on you. How badly ... ...reen tint into natural color, but itspicture tube was worn out. I couldn’t stand to watch a television screenlike that. Pearl didn’t have a videotape ... ...ars $300 decoder began in 1980, and in 1993closed-caption decoders were required in all new television sets. 10 ...

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...uch more. Then decide if you’d like to read further. If you don’t have PTSD or DID but survived or witnessed a trauma (serious illness, violence, significant loss, etc.), you’re welcome here, too. This book is geared to assist anyone with the aftershocks of surviving or witnessing trauma - whether the person has diagnostic labels or not. If you’re a person of col...

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.... If you don’t have PTSD or DID but survived or witnessed a trauma (serious illness,violence, significant loss, etc.), you’re welcome here, too. This ... ...ed group is “them” (social categorization).* You watch more than two hours of U.S. mainstream television daily. The more youwatch, the greater the ris... ...auma. I realized that the vast majority of them had undiagnosed PTSD and/orDID. They had been significantly helped by my natural, holistic approach. M... ...PTS and don’t have DI, the holistic emphasis of my special wording willstill benefit you. The language we use shapes our perception and experience of ... ... day’s process is not exactly the same asthe other times I worked on that trauma. The English language can be inadequate at times. “Healing journey” i... ...995), SUNY Series in Transpersonal and HumanisticPsychology.2 Being alert each day to warning signs of prejudice and discrimination is hyper-vigilance... ...rain injury. Holistic self-care has greatly improvedthese personality areas’ functioning. For language learning, the brain’s language template of the ... ...you currently have a pattern of gettingaddicted to something (alcohol, over-working, too much television, etc.), I suggest youcarefully weigh that pos... ... p.m.3. No caffeine or alcohol after 4 p.m.4. Use your bedroom only for sleep. Avoid watching television, doing work, or reading inthe bedroom. If sex...

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...eve, is the symbiotic connection that exists between all living things on Earth; the sacred balance of life. Upon the next day's passing, Seattle signs the Port Eliot treaty relinquishing ownership of Suquamish ancestral lands to the United States government in favor of a small reservation to the North. He sees that a war would ultimately prove futile and wishes instea...

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...hies, dictionaries,encyclopedias, and other reference works in a number of languages and countriesaround the world. Our mission is to serve the public... ...hiningbuttons and gold medals on his coat, that if Seattle did not agreeto sign, what Stevens had called a 'Treaty', that the land wouldbe taken by fo... ...te ofhis brothers who had stood against the white man's weapons. He would sign the Treaty and let the White Chief buy theland, while he, Seattle, wou... ...he give the white mancause to slaughter his people. Yes, tomorrow he would sign theTreaty. His people must be kept alive to fulfill the destiny thatwa... ... Cathy Knowles had been bouncing around from newspapers,to radio, and now television where she held the spot as specialevents reporter. She was cover... ..." "He called you personally?" Edwards asked. "I'm here. I'm not watching television," Brent replied. "I was told by head of News, be here or else,"... ...e richest man in the country donatesten million dollars on live television, you can bet something'sup. You can both turn your notes over to... ...s. Aaron agreed only if the Patron, who spoke five languagesfluently, would teach him English, which Aaron knew he wouldneed w... ...irections, he had no problem finding theItalian section of New York, whose language he had also mas-tered. Aaron found a room for two dollars a night....

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... on the fraudulent strategies Christian missionaries employto covert Hindus to their faith. Our publisher, Satguru Bodhiantha Veylanswami, tackles television in his editorial, critiquing it, yes, but also providing parents ways to apply the power and presence of television to their children's moral and intellectual growth. He even finds ways to make the boob tube into a...

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... the .World’s .Greatest .Festival .to .the .Goddess . 18 Publisher’s Desk: .The .All-Pervasive .Television . ... ...land all alone in 1986, that was seen as a history and then provides a different languages,” Rahui Pa... ... a l ay s i a announcement came subjects include, non-touching meditation and ayurveda.” Mr. languages), when the... ...d misinforma- am a 28-year-old, self- of great Hindu saints, many that reviews public school text- a common language (English) ... ... play birth. Therefore, on the positive side, we look at television as ... ... a tool for karmic cleansing. The great boon that television hasour ka... ...a powerful idea: that television is a tool for karmic staying in hotels, you encounter TV at How does significant exposure... ...a within. sign, just as he is ... .... mi on the fourth, fifth and sixth nights, and “at one level, Navaratri signifies the progre...

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...0 6. Many Faces in Brain Coral - 37 7. Angels and The Urantia Book - 47 8. Vitamin K with Or. John C. Lilly - 57 9. A Journey Into Fear - 70 10. Signs of the Coming Race - 79 11. Meeting the Maori - 88 12. Birth of a New Species - 96 13. Nonhuman Intelligences - 109 14. The Bay of Spirits - 119 15. A Curse on the City of Sydney - 131 16. The Artist and the Shama...

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... Meeting the spirit of the island. Radical psychic shared languages. Use of entheogens in he... ... 18 Healing and Black Magic ................... 160 10 Signs of the Coming Race ...................79 ... ... Meeting the spirit of the island. Radical psychic shared languages. Use of entheogens in he... ... 18 Healing and Black Magic ................... 160 10 Signs of the Coming Race ...................79 ... ... matter. This piece of information might have proved quite One of the most significant events in light of the ensuing helpful to both... ... for a mountain of its precursors. Aristotle well knew the language of our heal­ early terrors. By now I have faced many of tho... ...ppy presence of A-. We had left his small island, who certainly did not watch television or seen her previously around town: one of those... ...ppy presence of A-. We had left his small island, who certainly did not watch television or seen her previously around town: one of those... ...o'clock evening news seas and orher rhythms . . . programs were showing in-time action footage of a pod of ...

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...Belgium Blanche Courtain reincarnation case: Independent researchers and French language media. Researcher P. Courtian, (Belgium) Dr. Ian Stevenson, Professor and Scientist, (University of Virginia, United States of America) A verified reincarnation case in Belgium. [The girl who remembered being a...

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...e: 931 Other reincarnation cases: 935 Understanding Statements of Past Lives and Near Death Experiences: 950 Xenoglossy, the speaking of unlearned languages: 952 Karma Research: 954 Karma Research Foreword: 955 The Discussion: 957 Karma Cases: 962 Cattle Killer Karma Case 1: 962 The Butcher Karma Case 2: 964 Pig Farmer Karma Case 3: 965 The Butcher Karma Case 4:...

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... They'd stood. And stood. Graciella whispered, "Aunt Gabby, can't we sit down yet?" "We have to wait for the President." "Why?" "It's a sign of respect." "Oh. My feet hurt." After a moment, Graciella added, "Would Rosa Parks have done this?" "I think she would have, dear." But a few moments later, the President swept in, thanked their hosts, and sa...

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... They'd stood. And stood. Graciella whispered, "Aunt Gabby, can't we sit down yet?" "We have to wait for the President." "Why?" "It's a sign of respect." "Oh. My feet hurt." After a moment, Graciella added, "Would Rosa Parks have done this?" "I think she would have, dear." But a few moments later, the President swept in, thanked their hosts, and sa...

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...readers to science iction, forthe most part the caused sf to look back instead of forward. The television series Star Trek attracted anenormous follo... ... 23DEPARTURE AND ARRIVAL 24 PART 1CHIBA CITY BLUES1The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel."It’s not like I’m... ...ocks all night like vast stages; where you couldn’t seethe lights of Tokyo for the glare of the television sky, not even the towering hologram logo of... ...of theblue zip suit had been ripped out at the shoulders; he automatically checked her arms for signs of termsor the needle. "Want a cigarette?" She d... ...were dark now, but a faint glow from the roof was visible if you craned your neck. An unlitneon sign near the main entrance offered CHEAP HOTEL under ... ...of in’s terminal was molded into one concave wall, opposite a panel listinghouse rules in seven languages. Case took the pink handset from its cradle ... ...u? How’s he got the working girl kinked?""—Professional pride, baby, that’s all." And again the sign for silence. "We’re gonna get some breakfast,okay... ...lphanumerics winked the time, low in her left peripheral ield. Showing off, hethought.Her body language was disorienting, her style foreign. She seem... ...ke an hour already." The mirrors turned."We got a Jersey Bastion coming up.""You got an ear for language, Case. Bet you’re part Armenian. That’s the e...