Furthermore, it gives evidence to support the biblical principle of the centrality of the Word. Since 1985, the serial dramas have lost 31 percent of their prime viewers, women between ages 18 and 49. Bill Bell, creator of The Young and the Restless, blames the decline on the O.J. Simpson trial. It was its own serial. In other words, soap operas are declining because real life is becoming a soap opera.
Teenagers go to the railroad tracks and stand between two passing trains.
The thrill comes not only from the danger but also from the feel of the wind as both locomotives rush by. Since trains are two feet wider than the tracks on either side, railroad safety experts point out, it is extremely difficult to judge exactly where to stand. Also, the force generated by the trains can pull a person under the wheels. In Wisconsin, two young men who caught more than a breeze were killed in two weeks, and other fatalities are being reported across the country. Disneyfying the Bible After mining American history, fairy tales, Greek mythology, and literary classics for material, it was only a matter of time before Disney took on the Bible.