CHANGE Fortunate was the Cleveland Heights woman who lost her purse in a shopping center. An honest lad found it and returned it to her. “Funny?” commented the lady, “but […]
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COMMUNICATION Alan Greenspan, 62, Federal Reserve Chairman, before speaking on the economy to the 323rd meeting of the Economic Club of New York: “I guess I should warn you, if
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LOCK YOUR CAR At the airport, I struck up a conversation with a couple from New England. “In our small town, no one ever locks anything – except for car
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PRIMITIVE The first business concession that Armand Hammer received in Russia following his 1921 visit with Lenin, was the development of an asbestos mine near the rural town of Alapayevsk.
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LOVE IS A WEAVER OF TATTERS A devout Amish woman once said, “I seem to create so much of my life the way I fashion my rugs – from leftover
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THE DISABLED FOX A fable of the Arab mystic Sa’di: A man walking through the forest saw a fox that had lost its legs and wondered how it survived. Then
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CHRIST OUR BROTHER The year was 1942. A U. S. Army Lieutenant was deeply troubled. The troop- transport ship to which he was assigned had just landed on the Northwest
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SUCCESS AND SERVICE Toward the end of his life, Albert Einstein removed the portraits of two scientists — Newton and Maxwell — from his wall and replaced them with portraits
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ONE IMPORTANT GIFT A little girl was saying her prayers a few nights before Christmas when she stopped suddenly and asked her mother a question with a worried look: “What
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WHAT PRICE MONEY? Money is a wonderful thing, but it is possible to pay too high a price for it. Bits & Pieces, October, 1988.
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ARE YOU SURE? A teacher was having trouble with his bank. Neither the bank’s accuracy nor its mode of expression lived up to his standards. The last straw arrived in
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FOOL’S MONEY How did a fool and his money get together in the first place?
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CHRISTMAS LEGENDS Helen Keller wrote that there is a legend that tells that when Jesus was born the sun danced in the sky, the aged trees straightened themselves and put
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INTERFAITH LOVE Christmas was only a few weeks away . . . when the Jewish War Veterans of New Brunswick, New Jersey mobilized volunteers for a unique project. To improve
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BIRTHDAY Five-year old Billy was showing his Christmas presents to grandma, when she asked, “Did you get everything you wanted for Christmas?” Billy thought for a moment before he answered,
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THE HISTORY OF SANTA CLAUS According to Maymie R. Krythe, in her book All About Christmas, the name we know as Santa Claus has come to us through many forms:
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THE UNEXPECTED GIFT My wife still hasn’t spoken to me since last Christmas. I asked her what she wanted for Christmas and she said, “Oh, just surprise me.” So, at
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A CHRISTMAS BENEDICTION May you, wherever you are in this golden hour, know joy. May your hearthfire be surrounded with those near and dear to you; the happiness of your
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A BIG CHRISTMAS FAMILY GATHERING On Friday evening before Thanksgiving Mr. and Mrs. Benoit of Creston, Connecticut received word that Mrs. Benoit’s sister and her husband had been in an
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PRAYER IN KIND It was the Christmas season and a meeting was held in a small church for the announced purpose of praying for a local family that was having
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