Word: essays
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...heroic lengths to save potentially violent dogs while harmless strays die hardly noticed? For that matter, how high a priority is the shortage of homes for fighting dogs in a country where options are too often scarce for the human children of abusive parents? (See TIME's photo-essay "Strays to the Rescue...
Nancy Gibbs' Essay "The Happiness Paradox" reminded me of a quote from Calvin Coolidge: "There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no independence quite so important, as living within your means" [Nov. 23]. Maybe families are discovering the peace of mind of living more frugally...
...lethal force against the students and the cynical cover-up campaign that followed, found it natural to criticize the Orwellian behavior of China's leadership. In China, it was just as natural for critics of the government to voice their outrage via quotations from Lu Xun's famous essay on the slayings of 1926 - allusions that all educated Chinese recognized as a potent way of saying that the current regime was little better than the hated warlords...
...short essay, please explain why “Kid A” is either superior or inferior to “In Rainbows...
...Anne Tuohy, the Memphis matron who spots young Michael Oher at the Christian school her children attend - hard not to, since he's a gigantic African American among the Caucasian cherubs - and brings him home so she can nourish the boy and give him purpose. (See TIME's photo-essay "The Never-Ending Role of Sandra Bullock...