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Nelda LaTeef ’81 brings joy to children ages five to nine—and also to Walter Cronkite and Chris Evert. LaTeef’s first children’s book, The Hunter and the Ebony Tree, was published earlier this year. Tennis champion Chris Evert calls it “a truly satisfying read,” and venerated CBS anchor Walter Cronkite calls it “lovely,” according to praise on the book jacket. LaTeef is happiest, however, with the praise of her five-year-old nephew...
...story, a tale of a young woman whose father wishes her to marry the strongest man she meets. The woman convinces him instead that her suitors should perform a task: she will agree to marry whoever can get their arrow to stick in the trunk of the ebony tree. The story, she says, “teaches the importance of careful planning and good friends. In it, strategy is more important than strength...
...trip to visit friends she had made during her family’s earlier three-year stint in the Republic of Niger. It was there that she heard her stories, from the mouth of a woman griot (storyteller) who sat under the shade of a 30-foot-wide acacia tree...
...what of the design itself? The plan is to find the oldest tree near the center of the campus; Mingwei and his administrative allies in the Office for the Arts are already eyeing the grove near the chapel in the Yard. He wants to “design cloth that sort of coils out, like this”—he draws a widening spiral in the air with a finger—“like an eddy...
...neighbor called police to report what he called "repeated gunshots" from the vicinity of the house. The home is also close to Ft. Lewis, where Muhammad was based during his military service. After surrounding the house and plotting out search grids in the backyard, police there removed a tree stump from the property, which they say appears to have been used in target practice...