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...realized that many of these questions I couldn’t answer. Although I could say with certainty that surfers weren’t nearly as ubiquitous as many think, I couldn’t remember much about the beaches or the city. Perhaps this was because my childhood wasn’t based around these typical “Californian” activities—I lived a typical suburban childhood. I spent my weekends at one of the many local multiplex theaters, and I spent my nights playing board games at friends’ houses. This wasn?...
What I’ve found is quite stunning. Although I treasure my childhood, I’ve suddenly done a lot of typical “Californian” things this summer—and surprised myself by enjoying them immensely...
What can he do about it? We're about to find out. In May, Clinton and the American Heart Association announced a campaign to reduce childhood obesity in the U.S. within 10 years. The effort will begin in earnest in September, and as I traveled with the former President last week, he outlined his plans...
...radiation but also the psychic trauma caused by years of rejection from their own society, which shunned the survivors out of fear they could contaminate others. French photographer Gerard Rancinan traveled to Hiroshima this year to photograph the hibakusha and record their stories. Seventy agreed to pose, some holding childhood photos or pictures of family members killed in the bombing. The survivors wrote their names in white marker next to their portraits and recorded how far they were from ground zero on Aug. 6. Taken together, the pictures are striking reminders of the bomb's life-altering effects. And they...
...supposedly striving for that. And though I nearly fainted at the idea of having to pack up the hundreds of books on our shelves—and possibly even give some of them away!—I certainly enjoyed the opportunity to reread many of my childhood favorites. The tasks of housekeeping were good for me, and not even all that time-consuming. They were a form of useful procrastination, and I still was able to work on my thesis...