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...winners, failed to top bestseller lists. And in 2001, Jonathan Franzen, winner of the fiction award for his 500-page work The Corrections, bristled at being chosen for Oprah's Book Club a month prior, inciting calls of elitism from other writers. But the foundation has recognized some household names in its past: Oprah Winfrey herself received a Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters in 1999, as did horror master Stephen King...
...there is any greater pleasure than watching your child vanish into a book, it is following her there to see what she sees. This is how it comes to pass in my household that my almost 14-year-old daughter and I are AWOL for long stretches these days. Her obsession with Stephenie Meyer's Twilight novels made me curious. She's a constant reader of novels, from Harry Potter to The Secret Life of Bees, but not typically a fangirl: never got into Gossip Girl, never bought boy-band T shirts or posters. But now, as the release...
...part of a $275 billion stimulus package announced Oct. 30, Tokyo wants to pump households with about $600 for each family of four - a plan that has faced criticism for being insufficient and indecisive regarding who should receive the benefits. "Even if the voucher goes to the households, given the propensity of household consumption, the impact on overall GDP will be very limited," says Nishioka. Says Shirakawa: "People don't want to spend money, even if they get it from the government. Economic reforms are important, but the government needs to make people more comfortable and more confident in efficient...
Five of the children abandoned in Nebraska have been from out of state, but most are local. A majority of the children are older than 13 and have a history of being treated for mental-health issues. Nearly every abandoned child came from a single-parent household. In September, one father walked into a hospital and left nine children, ages 1 to 17. He reportedly told hospital workers that he'd been overwhelmed since his wife died a few days after their youngest was born...
...fact, the individuals who impress me the most are the ones who play, and play tough even though their roles and efforts do not always translate onto boxscores. I’m talking about the players that aren’t Harvard household names but still play like ones (see Rule No. 76 from Wedding Crashers: No excuses, play like a champion...