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...most of those years, Jenkins was locked in a drab, hardscrabble existence, sustained only by hope that somehow, someday, he and his family could leave North Korea. The bleakness was tempered somewhat over the years, as Jenkins attained a standard of living better than that of most North Koreans. But it was still far below that of most other countries. The Jenkins house had no hot running water, the electricity frequently did not work, and the heating was so feeble that during winter family members wore five layers of clothing at home. By raising their own chickens and growing their...
...most of those years, Jenkins was locked in a drab, hardscrabble existence, sustained only by hope that somehow, someday, he and his family could leave North Korea. The bleakness was tempered somewhat over the years, as Jenkins attained a standard of living better than that of most North Koreans. But it was still far below that of most other countries. The Jenkins house had no hot running water, the electricity frequently did not work, and the heating was so feeble that during winter family members wore five layers of clothing at home. By raising their own chickens and growing their...
...while, awestruck by the splendor of the imagination. Films that aim honorably at evoking childlike wonder are so rare, so vulnerable, that one wants to clap three times and shout, as kids do seeing Peter Pan, "I do believe in fairies! I do, I do!"--until the drab reality of a botched movie shakes an audience to its senses...
...WALLS A lot of times, you can't paint your dorm room, so a good thing to do is buy a big white stretch canvas or lots of small ones and paint them. That's a great way to bring color into a drab room. Or picture frames. Framing anything--instead of using thumbtacks for posters--is going to work, even if it's an inexpensive frame. And you can use shadowboxes to display concert tickets, photos or other things that are important...
...after the character from the 1982 comedy Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Damone is touring off its spring 2003 debut From the Attic, released on RCA. Opening for Damone will be The So and So’s, Stargazer Lily, The Knee-Hi’s, The Pinkslips and Drab. 18+. Tickets $8. 9 p.m. T. T. the Bear’s Place, 10 Brookline Street, Cambridge...