The two new themes replace earlier real-life testimonials featuring young people who talk about the benefits of returning to school after having dropped out.
Her story is one of countless affirmative real-life testimonials showing how educating girls can help them be healthier, more economically prosperous and become more civically empowered women.
Acted scenes featured in 72% of advertising, while only 17% featured real-life testimonials.
"Man, this is a heavy audience," Sheila Jordan, who joined the ranks last year, said just before singing her gracious jazz-life testimonial, "Sheila's Blues".
As a living testimonial, I was able to accomplish 80% of my goals for my life and business that I place on my vision board including my husband.
Along with "Mary," the set included "I've Got Life," a snappy testimonial from the group's early catalog; and recent revisions of "Alleluia," the classic choral piece by Randall Thompson, and "Lamb of God," a praise-and-worship standard by Twila Paris.
The buzz words that have been filling the airwaves like swarms of gnats ("public option," "death panels") make no appearances in this engrossing collection of testimonials about life, death and the care of the ailing body.
In the end, it is these missing testimonials, of life changes, that Robbins finds "frustrating, to do some of your best work and see it all distorted".
A total of 17 schools participated last year, and the testimonials are life-affirming.
Many residents view the remaining row of tall concrete slabs as an important testimonial to life in Communist East Germany, when the 28-mile barrier encircling West Berlin severely hampered their contact with the other side, and they are intent on keeping the East Side Gallery intact.
But she suspects that 23andMe got "caught in the crosshairs," thanks in part to a recent advertising push, which includes testimonials about life-changing diagnoses.
