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...centered on Steven. When he was babysitting for us he'd resort to creative torture. One time he came into the bedroom with his face wrapped in toilet paper like a mummy. He peeled off the paper layer by layer and threw it at us. He was a delight, but a terror. And we kept coming back for more...
These conflicting tugs of direction are a perplexing constant in the lives of millions of youthful American immigrants. Growing up in two cultures is at once a source of frustration and delight, shame and pride, guilt and satisfaction. It can be both a barrier to success and a goad to accomplishment, a dislocating burden or an enriching benison. First-generation Americans have an "astonishing duality," declares Harvard Psychiatrist Robert Coles, himself the son of an English immigrant. "They tend to have a more heightened awareness both of being American and also of being connected to another country...
Pausing beside rows of wooden benches, Russell watched with delight, almost envy, as children from four different public schools acted out familiar urban scenes. Only later did I realize how unusual it was for a politician to be mingling with schoolkids in the midst of an election year with several hundred ticket-holding voters waiting in the hallway...
Beyond the wonder of his arthro scopic knee surgery last November, the fact that Spend A Buck began his twelve-race career (eight wins) at Florida's Calder Race Course was a delight of its own. Henceforth, at least for a while, "a Calder horse" will no longer serve as racing shorthand for a second-rater. Both the owner and trainer are recent arrivals in the sport, both of Tampa, Fla. Dennis Diaz, who retired from the real estate and insurance businesses four years ago at 38, discovered "there's only so much fishing a man can do." With...
...this best of all possible worlds. While revealing the failure of unbridled optimism, the cast of Candide displays much of the best singing and acting talents seen at Harvard in the past few years. Excellent staging, costumes, and sets contribute to this sterling production whose buoyancy and energy constantly delight the audience during its tightly-knit two hour performance...