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...with the kid. I hearted Horton, laughing at the funny parts, welling up at the inspirational bits. For the story concocted in 1954 by children's author Ted Geisel has more than a few messages, all of which resound 54 years later. The book is about belief in what you can't see, fidelity to a cause that others think is ridiculous, and community service to reach an improbable goal. We're all in this together, Seuss says; everyone's important. Or, as Horton puts it: "A person's a person, no matter how small...
...model has already made a difference for Bent and the tens of thousands of African families using his solar-powered light. The company recently passed $1 million in sales, and Bent expects to expand his line, adding a solar-powered UV water-filtration system. "I know that somewhere some kid is using my light, and that's a cool feeling," says Bent. "I want to take it all the way." In the new wikiworld, he can count on lots of help...
...great, definitely the race of the weekend for us,” co-captain Brian Holmquest said. “He bided his time in the pack, stayed at a consistent pace and with 200 to go he made a move on the turn. But the kid from Stony Brook [sophomore Tim Hodge] nipped him at the line.” Chenoweth’s finish ranked second among true freshmen in the nation and third among freshman overall and gives him a provisional qualification for NCAAs. His time falls just seven seconds behind Harvard’s school record...
...category of the race traitor: the African-American who went to Harvard, sang Madonna’s “Like a Prayer” with the Kroks, and turned his back on black culture.The same category doesn’t really exist within the white community. A white kid wearing a G-Unit t-shirt may get snickered at on the street, but he’s still white. The fact that hip-hop (and, by extension, mainstream black culture) is embraced by non-black Americans has become undeniable. Hip-hop, then, is not dead, as rapper Nas recently...
...think of anything that would more prove that the American dream was alive and well than if the folks from Iowa can give this kid from Arkansas a chance to lead this country," he told a crowd in Coralville at one event. "You will restore the faith of a lot of people in this country that you can't buy the White House, that you got to earn it the old-fashioned...