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...completed the first draft of her book, which had grown from a 25-page short story to a 300-page manuscript...
According to media reports when he stepped down, Souter never felt completely comfortable in Washington. He had always preferred his farm in New Hampshire, and his retirement came as a welcome relief from a city from which he had largely grown distant...
Many of us have grown to take NASA for granted. Our generation’s lack of understanding of the importance of space exploration was made evident by a 2007 survey revealing that young Americans between the ages of 18 and 25 showed high levels of apathy about sending astronauts to the moon and Mars. If space travel were once again important to Americans, maybe more children would be interested in pursuing careers in math, science, and engineering. Complex and difficult engineering and scientific endeavors cannot be accomplished without an educated workforce...
...whole, it does not do quite the damage that Tim does to his suit jacket. Ferris sustains his novel with lyrical sentences and piercing images—a wife and daughter squinting in the dark to spot a man lost in his own body, a ripped suit and a grown man on his knees, and expensive copper pots sparkling in the light, unused. In “The Unnamed,” Ferris begins to depart from the theatrical and outlandish antics of his literary debut, tackling a story of emotional turmoil and loss with stirring power...
...Marriage, of course, is not the only path toward assimilation. As the number of North Koreans living in the South has grown, support networks have too. The government has created work and study programs geared toward North Koreans, and churches help by providing practical information and coaching to cope with culture shock. Dozens of civic groups are also trying to raise awareness or fight for North Korean defectors' rights and several North Korean newspapers, radio channels and associations have been set up in the past few years. Kang's 18-year-old niece, who arrived in South Korea in June...