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...actually getting to see the traders in their workplace, I was able to gain insight I never would have gotten had I just attended a general on-campus information session," said Jon D. Markham...
...Space travel and aging have similar effects on sleep, and the research data we gather from Senator Glenn's participation might provide insight into age-related changes in sleep as well," said Czeisler at a press conference prior to the shuttle's launch...
...there are moments when Schine shines. She gives an occasional revelation about self-knowledge and a meaningful insight about the ways woman bond--but these are scarce. Jane believes that Martha gives "a sort of glorious uniform of the soul, new and intricate and ever changing, which [she] could put on each morning without thinking or choosing, which [she] could wear all day and even at night and revel in the pleasure of the fabric against [her] skin, the swirl of the skirts, the elegant shape." These rare and vivid images are beautiful and show Schine's strength...
Indeed, Stuart's frank and biting insight andits manifestation in her writing is what savesMy First Cousin Once Removed from the fateof countless similar books before it--that ofeither just another whiny pseudo-Freudian accountof a life ruined by wealth or some tangentialbiography of a prominent man of letters. Stuarthas come to terms with a conflict that allfamilies face regardless of whether their addressis on Beacon Hill, Fifth Avenue or Skid Row: it'sfamily, after all. Both Robert Lowell and SarahPayne Stuart's stories of growing up run parallelin that both writers hold the vacuous andhypocritical snobbery of the family...
...kind of structure and has a firm grasp on his complicated schedule of sports practices, music lessons, church classes and other commitments. He isn't one to procrastinate: his basketball coach and music teacher marvel at Donny's enthusiasm, even for repetitive drills and scales. "It's such an insight for kids to know the power of practice at such a young age!" muses Devlin. As for his mom's homework-first policy, no problem. Says Donny: "I made it up myself...