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In October, 1972, a plane carrying 46 passengers an Uruguayan rugby team and their families and supporters to an exhibition game in Chile crashed in the Andes. Nando Parrado, one of the survivors, tells the story of their 72 day struggle against freezing weather and...

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Dr. Mark, a well-known cancer specialist, was once on his way to an important conference in another city where he was going to be granted an award in the field of medical research. He was very excited to attend the conference and was desperate to reach as soon as...

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This year’s parish picnic at the Kennedy Park on July 25th was a well attended event. Many people worked behind the scene to see that that the parishioners who came for the event had fun and felt a sense of together-ness. The Event’s Committee headed by Mr. Ron Ytem...

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  A certain king was to visit a village under his rule and the villagers decided to contribute, each man a jar of wine, for the royal feast. All the wine was to be poured into a big barrel from which it would be served. One man thought to himself: With all the...

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