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...trapped in the hull of a boat or in a building on fire, hundreds of years ago." The book ends poised between hope, heartbreak and history. Politically, Dean's heart is clearly with the republican cause, though she found little to like in the leaders she interviewed. "They're brilliant propagandists, and it's awesome how cohesive they are at a local level," she says. "But they just thought it was funny that a housewife from Provence should be interested." A history graduate of Cambridge, Dean has a nose for detail. The references to pop songs and TV programs sometimes...
...Last time, I had my stuff,” said Herrmann, who one-hit the Big Red on April 9 and twirled 16 brilliant innings against the Gehrig champions during the season. “Yesterday was a little bit colder, and my fastball wasn’t great...
...other Miguel Contreras is a brilliant and passionate individual who dragged himself out of poverty and never stopped fighting for the nation’s poor. He’s the Contreras who began working as an agricultural worker at age five, the Contreras who so impressed Cesar Chavez that he was asked to work for the United Farm Workers at age 17. He’s the Contreras who worked his way up the labor movement hierarchy and ended by uniting L.A.’s fractured union movement, building bridges across race and class barriers and winning significant...
...Some of the most challenging parents come from the ranks of those whose child is brilliant - or who think their child is brilliant. Even moderate giftedness is quite rare. In an average classroom, there might be three children with an IQ over 130; they'll learn more quickly than their peers and need less repetition. (Profoundly gifted children - those with an IQ over 180 - are a 1 in 500,000 to 1 in a million phenomenon.) Yet teachers joke that parents have their own definition of giftedness: 2% of the population - plus their own child...
...letting the game get out of hand, the Crimson rallied. Junior attackman Steve Cohen tallied while Harvard was on man-up with just under three minutes remaining, and tri-captain attackman Mike McBride narrowed the margin to one by scoring a goal—the 60th of his brilliant collegiate career—with just one second remaining before halftime...