COLUMN: A tale of two inner cities: Kansas City public schools

University Wire;  November 5, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Stephen Beale University Wire 11-05-2001 (Brown Daily Herald) (U-WIRE) PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Contrary to the conventional proverb "familiarity breeds comfort, not contempt," and in an era in which terror not only plummets from the skies but potentially lurks under...

Meet the 'proverbial' scholar.(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)(Wolfgang Mieder )

The Christian Science Monitor;  March 6, 2008 ;     700+ words ......when the context is right. Average people know about 300 proverbs in their native tongue, Mieder says. It's called the paremiological minimum. Mieder is so prolific partly because he challenges himself along with his students (he has taught various subjects...

(book reviews)

Asian Folklore Studies;  October 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ......speaker of a foreign language can hope to gain cultural literacy in the target language without the knowledge of its paremiological minimum (45). How many such lists exist for the languages of Asia? Chapter 4 details the use of proverbs in political cartoons...

Photo test shows familiarity breeds fondness, not contempt

Chicago Sun-Times;  November 15, 1998 ;     279 words ......picture, says David G. Myers in Social Psychology. "No wonder our photographs never look quite right." Contrary to the old proverb, familiarity does not breed contempt, but fondness. Repeated exposure to all sorts of novel stimuli - new brand names, musical selections...

Crowded midfield likely to cramp Celtic's style

The Scotsman;  October 3, 2007 ;     700+ words ......only by Kaka's goal in extra-time at San Siro. But his experiences then have convinced him of the need to re-write an old proverb: familiarity breeds wariness. Strachan admitted yesterday that opponents of the quality of tonight's visitors demand modification of...