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The Tree That Saved History.(Brief Article)
Highlights for Children
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August 1, 2000|
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An unusual funeral took place in Hartford, Connecticut, on August 21, 1856. The city's bells tolled in mourning, and a band played funeral hymns. It was an outpouring of grief fit for a hero--except that this hero was a tree, a white oak to be exact.
For nearly 169 years this special tree had been known simply as the Charter Oak in honor of the part it played in the history of colonial America.
The Charter Oak was an old and respected tree even before colonial times. Native Americans of the area held meetings under its branches. And when the tree's new ...
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Heaven on their minds; Americans take concept seriously.(NATION)(CULTURE, ET CETERA)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times
; ...wondered what it will be like to meet God in heaven. Questions about eternity were especially...better place. MercyMe's song about heaven - "I can only imagine/What it will...life, like, 'What if we really go to heaven? What if I really do stand before God...
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 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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HEAVEN IS..; silent hairdressers, opening the batting for England, a green lawn .. and great sex.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England)
; ...no two people share the same vision of heaven. When Father Michael Seed was asked to write a book on what heaven means to individuals, he was stumped...world, and ask them for their views on heaven. "The answers came flooding back from...
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 "Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)")
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Heaven, it's one Hell of a place...(News)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)
; ...cat among the pigeons by claiming that Heaven is a figment of the imagination. There...The Big Boss isn't knocking around in Heaven at all, someone had better change the...there's no traffic jam on the Highway to Heaven... And when HE gets there, there will...
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`Heaven' blows its trumpet too long to be effective
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times
; Heaven (STAR) (STAR) Island presents a film...notions of the sweet by and by, and in "Heaven," Diane Keaton assembles a large number...and asks them such questions as: What is heaven? Is there sex in heaven? How to you get...
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 "Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)")
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HEAVEN ON THEIR MINDS THE VIEWS FROM DOWN HERE.(Lifestyles/Spotlight)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
; ...Byline: Mark Wolf ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS Heaven is that place up there, out there, way...screens to artists' canvases, visions of heaven have been a source of faith and comfort...novel The Lovely Bones, narrated from heaven by a 14-year-old girl who was brutally...
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Heaven Is Coming to NYC Tonight Please Join Us!
PR Newswire
; ...Doubleday sensation A TRAVEL GUIDE TO HEAVEN, will be at a major book-signing event...announce the launch of The "Ticket to Heaven" Sweepstakes. Review copies of the book...media. About the Book A TRAVEL GUIDE TO HEAVEN was ranked #1 on Amazon.com's "Movers...
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 "Courier-News (Elgin, IL)")
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Hollywood heavens never much like Bible's
Newspaper article from: Courier-News (Elgin, IL)
; ...Hollywood usually uses its heavens as mere plot devices...believe in these brands of heaven to enjoy the story than...disqualifies someone from this heaven is suicide. But that...As in most Hollywood heavens, this heaven and hell end up being...
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Heaven Coming to Bookstores Around the World.
PR Newswire
; ...world. It's called A TRAVEL GUIDE TO HEAVEN, and it has already received rave reviews...DeStefano takes readers on a tour of heaven, painting it as a dynamic place of unlimited...harmony and celebration. A Travel Guide to Heaven is sure to inspire millions!" Lee Iacocca...
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HOLLYWOOD HEAVEN
Newspaper article from: Dayton Daily News
; ...take on the Pearly Gates Oh, heavens! Note the plural. Traditionally...most believers think of one heaven. But in the world of secular popular culture, there are many heavens, from the profound to the...Rock comedy Down to Earth, heaven was a swingin' nightclub...
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Heaven: the Logic of Eternal Joy.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Christian Century
; ...CYNICS JOKE THAT more people believe in heaven than in God. For theologians it seems to...afterlife. Both sides fail to see that God and heaven are interchangeable. Properly construed, heaven is just another name for God--the way in...
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