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...that respect San Francisco mirrors what's taking place in Austin, Seattle, New York and other cities that have benefited from a hefty infusion of cash: unprecedented housing prices, hellish traffic and a growing gap between the haves and have-nots. The difference in San Francisco--apart from its jewel-like beauty--may lie in its mythology...
...GROW, GIRLS! In dribs and drabs, we're seeing this category grow. Scholastic weighed in with The Royal Diaries and the Dear America series, both featuring spunky heroines in such titles as Isabel, Jewel of Castilla (the former) and Color Me Dark (the latter). The Ruby Princess Runs Away (Blackboard Entertainment) refreshingly showcases the possibility that not every girl is born with the act-like-a-princess gene...
...perfect. Lips move. Words lag behind, like a badly dubbed-in translation in a foreign movie. An eerie whistling sound seeps in and out of the audio, and the camera doesn't catch details in Ashton's many works of art. Her brilliant yellow clay dragon with jewel-like eyes and feather wings is a gray blob on the computer screen. But to Ashton, the videoconference is "cool." To her mom, it's "a godsend...
...threw up a three-point shot with a defender in her face, but it fell just short. When Harvard got the ball back following a free throw from Penn freshman Jewel Clark, the Crimson tried to set up Peljto from outside, but defensive pressure forced her shot off target...
Once upon a time, during the early throes of Russia's post-Soviet capitalist experiment, when the ascendant oligarchs feasted on the spoils of the old regime, Vladimir Vinogradov sat atop one of Russia's fattest banks and boasted of a burgeoning art collection-the prized jewel of which was a painting by the genius of the Suprematist movement, Kazimir Malevich...