TRUE COURTESY. POLITENESS is the art of pleasing. It is to the deportment what the finer touches of the pencil are to the picture, or what harmony is to music. In the formation of character, it is indispensably requisite. “We are all,” says Locke, “a kind of chameleons, that take a tincture from the objects…
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Indigenous Voices Who Oppose ‘Uluru Statement’ Being Marginalised, Indigenous Senator Says
February 26, 2023
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Many Indigenous Australians who disagree with the left’s proposed “Uluru Statement from the Heart” have been “ignored or bullied,” contrary to the narrative that the statement represents a consensus among Indigenous leaders, an Australian senator has warned. The Uluru Statement is a 2017 petition by a group of Aboriginal leaders who called for constitutional reform…
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PORTLAND, Maine—Scott Braley and Teresa Bates enjoyed Shen Yun Performing Arts at the Merrill Auditorium in Portland, Maine on Feb. 25 . Mr. Braley, an engineer who owns his own business, said, “It was wonderful, just the choreography was great and the coordination between all the dancers was amazing.” Ms. Bates said, “It was something…
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Shen Yun Is Beneficial and Very Valuable to Our Society, Says University Director
LAS VEGAS—Lynn Kvame, a director at Southern Utah University, and her sister drove all the way from Utah just to see Shen Yun’s evening performance at the Smith Center for the Performing Arts on Feb. 25. “My sister knew that I’d been wanting to see this show for many years. So, she gave it to…