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eyes are both windows and beacons for the mind. They provide vision — our most precious sense. But they also transmit signals to others — signals of anger, lust, fear, compassion, happiness. Eyes can desire (‘A lover's eyes will gaze an eagle blind’; Shakespeare, Love's... Read more
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ANGER, Kenneth Nationality:American. Born:Santa Monica, California, 1930. Career:Played changeling in Max Reinhardt's film A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1934; studied tap-dancing in class including Shirley Temple, 1935; completed first film, 1941; after ... Read more
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Paulo Freire , 1921-97, Brazilian educator. After his exile from Brazil following the military coup in 1964, Freire taught in Chile and was a consultant to UNESCO. He taught at Harvard and was a consultant to the World Council of Churches before returning to Brazil in 1981. He is best known for his... Read more
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The strange must cease to be the strange: in memoriam Ernst Lange (1927-1974).
Magazine article from: The Ecumenical Review ...suicide in 1937. Did he wish "to tie together the end and the beginning"? An educator for freedom and companion of Paulo Freire Ernst Lange was a very sensitive and vulnerable person. The marriage of his parents did not succeed. While his father...

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