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Just before Christmas of 1980, I was sitting in the Sevens, a neighborhood bar on Beacon Hill (don't all these stories of revelation begin in bars?), when a house painter named Tony remarked out of the blue that he wanted to find a place to go to mass on Christmas Eve. I didn't say anything, but a thought came into my mind, as swift and unexpected as it was unfamiliar: I'd like to do that too.
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Good schools should be part of our children's education. You may ask, how do we build good schools? First, we must meet the basic needs of children. Parents must provide the emotional and physical foundation at home. They should spend time helping children with homework and doing enjoyable things together. Finally, parents and children should worship together at a church service of their choice. The bottom line is that spiritual help is the roof that shelters families from harm.
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Many Americans are unaware of how pesticides affect our food supplies. Pesticides can run off into groundwater and run off into nearby streams, where they are carried from their original dispersal site. This is how pesticides end up in drinking water, fish, and game. For example, if grain fields or rough lands are sprayed with pesticides, residues can show up in poultry, eggs, milk, and butter.
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Throughout medieval Europe, the common people had been governed directly by their feudal lords and indirectly by their monarchs. This system of government is called feudalism. The lowest class of commoners were called serfs. The percentage of serfs was high; in parts of Europe, serfs comprised as much as 95% of the total population.
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