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...family light-years from her own tight, nuclear unit. It's a patchwork, stitched together from the remnants of previous partnerships; Alderson's tale involves so many offspring that the heroine's father's sixth wife keeps track of her 13 siblings and stepsiblings on a flow chart. Felix Zavelberg might find such a chart useful. The 15-year-old hails from the small agricultural town of Morenhoven, Germany, and is the child of a broken marriage. His paternal grandparents have died, but he has a second set of maternal grandparents, courtesy of his dad Dieter's second wife Astrid...
...structured. The main and important condition is that the social relationship is filled with life." And watching the zest with which childless couples Rosati and Markovic and the McIntyres run full tilt at life; observing the delight that Sujata Naik and Maggie Alderson take in their daughters; visiting Felix Zavelberg's two homes; listening to Grazia Francolini's guilt-free explanation of her decision to have a child out of wedlock; discussing bread rolls with Denya Arbach-Benz; or getting to grips with the intricacies of the Bedos-Kleitz-Jobard-Rajzman arrangements, it's clear there's no shortage...
...Yale, unable to vanquish Harvard with a final move in Goldthwait Cup competition, outsprinted the Crimson at a higher stroke rating to steal third place on Sunday.“We started to sprint, but the sprint didn’t quite happen,” coxswain Felix Yu said. “We tried to push back Yale’s move, but we lost a seat in the last five strokes.”Harvard’s second varsity finished fourth in a time of 6:25.9, while Cornell claimed gold in 6:20.58, Navy earned silver...
...Harvard sat in a distant third at the midway point, as reigning national champion Yale built a solid lead over both crews on its home course. “[The first 1,000] seemed a little bit unfocused, a little bit unsure,” said senior varsity coxswain Felix Yu. “When we came to the turn, we were finally able to focus in on our own boat and start being more effective.”A staggered start on the Yale course sandwiched Harvard between Princeton and Yale as the three crews headed for the turn...
...FELIX KOSKEY...