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...Soon, this lucky kid is greeted with admiration and awe by those who hear of this impressive honor. The glow continues to follow our golden child throughout her college life. Every time she meets someone on an airplane, runs into an old friend from high school or talks to Aunt Clara, she is reminded of her special distinction. She can't help but begin to define herself...
...uncle Mark is 12 years younger than my mother, 11 years younger than my aunt Susie and 10 years younger than Peter, my uncle in Greenwich. After his first day of nursery school, Mark came home and announced, somewhat confused, "There are other people my size." He never quite learned to relate to them. He talked Sartre with Susie at six. Peter got him drunk when he was eight. My parents married when he was nine...
...twenty is not the first bill to be redesigned in recent years. The $50- and $100-bills have already had major facelifts. The difference between those two and the $20-bill, however, is that the latter is used much more frequently. You only get 50s and 100s from your aunt on your birthday. Once you get one, you either hold onto it or you deposit it. You use the $20 all the time. A month or so ago, you would go to the music store and plop down a $20-bill to pay for a CD. Now, you must fear...
Huan Song arrived in a Chicago suburb two years ago unable to speak much English, but possessed of as much grit as a 14-year-old can muster. The child of divorced middle-class parents in China, she had been sent by her father to live with an aunt and uncle. "I could have had a comfortable life in China, but my father thought I'd have a better future and a more exciting life in the U.S. He made a great sacrifice to let me come here to have a good future...
...plan on writing a quick letter to my aunt in India, asking her to send me some bhindis for my forehead, some heavy gold jewelry, and a few wall-hangings of Ganesha and Krishna for my dorm room. If you lack any Indian connections to help you furnish your digs, light some incense and you'll be fine...