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...know when a fish is sick?), who informed her that he specialized in more—ahem—rare varieties of sea creatures than church-carnival fish. Touché.The first time I ever saw my dad cry was when Zippy the cat died. The three of us drove him to the emergency animal hospital when we realized he couldn’t breathe, and he was put down that evening after being “diagnosed” with cancer. It seemed strange to me that my dad—who battled his own cancer?...
Gudim says it was about 1 a.m. when he and another group of pals drove by the very large property of a friend who was away in college. As they stopped to see if the house was OK, they saw their friend's father dash into the house's backyard. The house's yard was being attacked by a fire that had filled the canyon behind the house. "The whole canyon was on fire," says Gudim. And it was now at the edge of their friend's property...
...drove down my street, four fire engines were heading to fight the blaze. I saw firefighters in their full gear. They were running from house to house pounding on doors. To the left of them, houses were on fire; to the right, the hillside was on fire. They stood their ground...
...drove away I saw all these houses ablaze. I was just shocked. All this happened within 15 minutes of me waking up. Half the cul-de-sac was now on fire. That's how quick it happened. When I went to bed the night before, at 12:30 a.m., the fire was 35 miles away. Nobody could have predicted that the winds would change. If I hadn't gotten that 911 call, I might have perished. I'd never have gotten out of the neighborhood...
...risking a hard-won happiness. Gore is happier these days because he is living the kind of life he always wanted to lead. He's happier these days because he is free from the excruciating requirements of electoral politics, the glad-handing and the money-grubbing that drove him deeper into himself the more he was forced to reach out. And, finally, he's happier now because he has been vindicated. The Nobel is an acknowledgment that Gore was right about the greatest global threat we face (and that this is the year when most everyone else finally figured...