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Chief among the celebrities were the poets Oliver Wendall Homes and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Holmes addressed the children first, reciting a poem he had written while homesick during a trip to Pisa, Italy. "And still in Memory's holiest shrine, I read with pride and joy," he said in a gentle tone. "For me the stars of empire shine; that empire's dearest home is mine; I am a Cambridge...
...seek advice. Laura Riley, one of six students on FTF, says FTF chooses its representatives on the basis of an essay and two interviews, where they are tested out on case study questions such as, "What would you do if someone said that their roommate is homesick and wants to drop...
...Maguire herself there was no consolation. She emigrated to New Zealand with her husband Jack in 1977 and there gave birth to a second daughter. She suffered a nervous breakdown, and the homesick family returned to Belfast in less than a year. Perpetual grief led to even more breakdowns-ever deeper mental depression. Last week Anne Maguire finally gave up. She took her own life, slashing her wrists and throat with an electric carving knife...
...sounds of most contemporary pop. Stateside, the audience is different: students, trendy punks, artists and camp followers who cruise the punk periphery like tourists looking to score a season box for the apocalypse. No wonder that, after only the first American date, Joe Strummer was already sounding a little homesick...
...church in Indianapolis, now called the Peoples Temple, was suffering from a lack of a charismatic leader, and Marceline was homesick, so Jones decided to return. He affiliated with the Disciples of Christ, a 1.3 million-member denomination, and in 1964 was ordained a minister by that group. But he still considered Indianapolis narrow and racist. A good friend, the Rev. Ross Case, also of the Disciples of Christ, had moved from Indiana to California, and Jones decided to follow him. He eventually brought more than 100 supporters to Redwood Valley in Mendocino County, north of San Francisco. Robert Kauffman...