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...finding a serious-minded audience, the coming-of-age story has only recently gotten enough work to even be called a sub-genre. Two years ago Craig Thompson's mammoth-sized Blankets, about growing up in the devout Christian hinterlands of Wisconsin, became the first such work to gain both critical and popular success. This month will see the arrival of two more very strong books based on the authors' childhood. Harvey Pekar's The Quitter, comes from a veteran comix-maker, while, Shane White's North Country marks the author's debut. Though their early circumstances could not have...
...study shows that if children continue to eat large quantities of fried food away from home they will continue to gain weight,” Taveras said...
While in the past, many students had said they studied Arabic to get in touch with their heritage, today they are joined by more and more students hoping to gain perspective on global politics...
...simple steps to empower victims, helping individuals to help themselves. To its credit, the Bush administration has taken some steps in the right direction. Regulatory relief, which encourages entrepreneurship and reduces the cost of rebuilding, will help. So will the innovative Urban Homesteading Act, which, by allowing victims to gain title to federal land, could be a successful low-income housing program that actually builds communities instead of housing projects...
Beyond the hoopla was the naked quest for sales. And it turns out the bassfest was good business all around. Genmar, Jacobs' boatbuilding company, moved more boats; Ranger continues to gain share in a flat market. Wal-Mart, meanwhile, got a boost because fishing made its stores more attractive to men, who have a tendency to shop well beyond Department 9--sporting goods--and visit other parts of the store...