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There is a box in Heartbreaking Work too, one that is neither amusing nor artsy. This box contains the ashes of Eggers' mother, who died of stomach cancer when he was 21--five weeks after his father died of lung cancer. Eggers thus became the guardian of his eight-year-old brother Toph (short for Christopher) and moved from suburban Chicago to California. It's a hilarious book, despite the subject, that applies McSweeney's textual slyness full-force. The acknowledgments contain a guide to themes and symbols (and a chart of his advance and expenses), and his subjects frequently...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Dave Eggers' Mystery Box | 2/7/2000 | See Source »

time," Hagerman said. "We need to contain their forwards...

Author: By Zevi M. Gutfreund, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: No. 2 W. Hockey Battles Northeastern, Providence | 2/4/2000 | See Source »

While both coach and players approach the match with caution, it's hard to contain their confidence. The Crimson knows...

Author: By Rahul Rohatgi, | Title: The Grudge Match is On, Baby! | 2/4/2000 | See Source »

...wind up doing more math than you expected. Each box has a nutrition label that tells you how much of 14 vitamins and minerals is included. A Cookie Bar, for example, contains 3 mg of iron, or 30% of the daily value for a toddler. Nine Cracker Bites contain 20% of a day's iron. So your child would get 100% of the daily value for iron by eating 3 1/3 Cookie Bars, or 18 Cracker Bites plus two Cookie Bars. "Vitamin supplements are easier," says Susan B. Roberts, author of Feeding Your Child for Lifelong Health (and no relation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fortified Toddlers | 1/31/2000 | See Source »

...quite sweetly, in touch with his feminine side. Their sexual battle is fierce and believable. The befuddlement of her family is told with unpatronizing honesty. And, best of all, both combatants emerge, finally, as better people--more tolerant, more human. That goes for Campion too. Her film may contain a kind of feminist parable, but she's less tense about it than she has been, more open in the exploration of her characters and more wayward (and charming) in the way she permits them to develop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Divine Enlightenment | 1/31/2000 | See Source »

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