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Cellist Plays During Shelling and Snipers
Steven Galloway's 2008 novel, The Cellist of Sarajevo, tells the following fictional story about the real cellist Vedren Smajlovic. In the novel, ...
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Farmer Brings Milk to Enemies During War
The Bosnian War during the early 1990s pitted Bosnian Serbs against Muslims, making the sides bitter enemies. But after the war, journalist Chris Hedges ...
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Three Zoo Animals Live in Unity
As cubs, three of the world's top predators—a lion (Leo), a Bengal tiger (Shere Kahn), and an American black bear (Baloo)—had been owned ...
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Judging Others is One of Our Favorite Activities
Like most of us, John Burke (pastor of Gateway Church in Austin, Texas) assumed that he was not a judgmental person. But just in case he was wrong, he ...
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Hostile Son Overcome by His Father's Goodness
NPR ran a moving story about a father and son that aired on the hit radio show "This American Life." The episode titled "Know When to Fold ...
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The Weeping Pizza Thief
Shortly after midnight a man entered a Papa John's in Helena, Montana and demanded money. But as the Papa John's employee started to hand over ...
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World War II 'Enemies' Forge Unique Bond
In December 1943, German fighter pilot Franz Stigler was in pursuit of American bomber pilot Charlie Brown's plane, looking to shoot it down. If he ...
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Traffic Cop Gives Tickets but Avoids Complaints
By the very nature of the business, L.A. County traffic cops receive plenty of complaints about their work. After all, most motorists don't think ...
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Author Gore Vidal's Advice on How to Resolve Conflicts
The controversial American author Gore Vidal had a clear and simple solution for dealing with conflicts. He said, "There is not one human problem ...
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Older Rabbi Teaches Young Rabbi about Conflict
A young rabbi found a serious problem in his new congregation. During the Friday service, half the congregation stood for the prayers and half remained ...
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