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Little Seed
… after the presentation. I told her that a plant I loved had died. When I told her I was there so that I could learn what … air— soothing me, frustrating me. I felt I needed it, but I also resented its presence. I left my job, I left the old … the petiole, a blade . If you include the petiole, it becomes a frond . The brown wisps sweeping the floor beneath …
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Sounds of Nepantla
… empty stage and would be streaming them to the expectant audience of homebound Selena fans. The first video, dubbed … of the world.” When Selena took the stage here on February 26, the stands were filled with nearly seventy thousand … to the front of the stage, sings out the chorus, then points to the crowd and shouts, “Let me hear you, Houston, …
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France, The United States And De Gaulle
… by patience and a kind of infinite wiliness; and a natural compassion has deepened. It is sometimes forgotten by … to make their parties represent the niceties of differing points of view. We had been reconciled to changing cabinets … at least, while they engaged in their gestures of disobedience, to accept them as his loyal agents and spokesmen. …
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The New Deal “Constitutional Revolution” as an Historical Problem
… reasoned book is a pleasure to read, but its ambition and complexity make it a challenge to review. Although on one … work of Barry Cushman, Richard Friedman, and others, he points, for example, to the fact that two of the Court’s … as well as the New Deal must wither. A second thesis, also implicitly minimized, stresses the fact that Roosevelt …
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The Importance of Strong Family Narratives
… rich person, too) sort, categorize, and store their materials, which can vary from a few sheets of paper to thousands … quite cheering, as it seems to imply that the owner will be compos mentis enough to fill in that page). However, over … eight, my elder daughter asked me why her baby book was incomplete. “I would like to remember my life too, you know,” …
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Confessions of a Darwinist
… the fishing boats. By summer’s end I was determined to become a paleontologist. Little did I know that … But, of course, there are those sticking points: Darwin (or so the cartoon version of him goes) … so today. But I am no historian—rather just a simple soldier on the fields of evolution. Lots of my friends have …
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