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...many long-distance relationships survive, because this kind of bond is hard to maintain across distance. Phone calls and e-mail, without the nuances of facial expressions or tone of voice, can easily lead to misunderstandings that are easy to cope with in person but take time--and money--when you're far away. Just to reassure Lezama, Mike and I got along quite well, thank you, when he was here last spring. And I'd take any humdrum dispute from those four months over a two-hour, ten-dollar phone call in which we succeed in sorting out some...
Over the years, the Jernigan family in Raleigh, North Carolina, has tried to help friends cope with sorrow, with sickness, the death of a child, the draining of hope. They know what it's like to fall on their knees and scream in prayer, listening for an answer and hearing only an echo. But they will also talk about miracles and how they can happen, not just long ago but at any time. Their miracle is named Elizabeth...
...nationwide would destroy any existing efficiencies. Each state, receiving only block grants from the federal government, would face the complete burden of coordinating social programs. For example, New York and California's Health and Human Services Departments would have to grow to the size of the federal departments to cope with their large populations...
Sacks has since had to cope with the symptoms of contact celebrity. He receives 15,000 letters a year; invitations and requests arrive daily. An assistant who handles this traffic is currently turning down lecture bookings for the rest of 1995. A good chunk of Sacks' time goes to the BBC, which is preparing a series about...
Struggling to cope with last December's staggering $1.7 billion bankruptcy, officials in California's Orange County announced plans to sell off area assets such as libraries, courts and a juvenile-detention facility-tapping every possible revenue source except higher taxes. Officials also said they would lay off more than 1,000 county employees...