No. 331: " 'Twixt 12 and 20"
The United States, Iran, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia share an idea about teen-agers held by no other nations. What idea?
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Monday's Question (No. 330)--"One Down, 94 To Go":
On Sunday in Berlin, Lutheran and Roman Catholic officials signed a joint declaration, resolving a conflict that began exactly 482 years ago. It turns out that, on this point, both churches believe the same thing. What?
"Sunday morning is still the perfect time for church because there's nothing good to watch on television."--Merrill Markoe
"Jews, and more specifically David Geffen and Alicia Silverstone, are the devil's henchmen."--Jon Hotchkiss
"That whole thing about it being easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to get into heaven? The rich guy could buy his own giant needle."--Tom Reynolds
"Harry Potter Meets Charles Darwin should be banned from public schools."--David Shulman
"The Episcopalians are all going to hell."--Francis Heaney
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