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Film 'Saving Mr. Banks' on the Power of Hope
Saving Mr. Banks, starring Emma Thompson and Tom Hanks, is the story of Pamela Travers, author of Mary Poppins. Due to the success of her children's books, ...
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Lego Pieces Rise from the Ocean's Bottom
A beach near Perranporth, Cornwall (in Great Britain) is unlike any other stretch of coast in the world. Not for its breakers or sand, but for what washes ...
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Can People Die of a ‘Broken Heart’?
BBC news writer Stephen Evans was curious—he'd heard account after account of long-married elderly couples who, sometimes inexplicably, died ...
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House Fire (Like the Fall) Leaves Permanent Damage
In his book The First Chapters of Everything: How Genesis 1-4 Explains Everything, Alisdair Paine illustrates how sin and the Fall have spoilt the blessings ...
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Son Carries Father Wound After Parent's Divorce
In his memoir, Greg Bellow, the son of the famous 20th century American novelist Saul Bellow, writes movingly about his relationship with his father. ...
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Japanese Art Finds Beauty in Imperfection
According to Japanese legend, a young man named Sen no Rikyu sought to learn the elaborate set of customs known as the "Way of Tea." He went to tea master ...
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Why Rejection Feels Like Physical Pain
When we experience relational hurts (whether through actions, words, or lack of encouragement), we often use phrases like "She broke my heart," or "He ...
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A "Shot to the Heart" Causes Cardiac Arrest
The technical name is Commotio cordis. It simply means a shot to the chest (or, literally from the Latin, "agitation of the heart"). Doctors describe ...
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National "Get Over It" Day
Letting go and moving on is a difficult, painful process. Bad relationships, bad decisions—we tend to revisit the moments when we were not-so-smart ...
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Wounded Soldiers Find Community and Healing
A new program at Walter Reed Medical Center is trying to help wounded warriors recover from the incredible losses they've experienced in war. Battlefield ...
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