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...attributes Louisa’s determination to complete her epic journey alone, three years later. But it also allows the author to complicate his impression of John Quincy Adams, who for once grew distracted from politics, and grieved deeply for his daughter. O’Brien quotes from a letter written to his mother, Abigail Adams, in which he describes the child’s sufferings as so severe that “the sight of them would have wrung with compassion a heart of marble...
...seven, he was entranced by the lady next-door playing Gershwin on Sunday nights. As a teenager, he was sent to the principal’s office in Roxbury Memorial High for drumming incessantly on his desk. At 20 years of age, he collected a letter inviting him to join Luis Russell’s band at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem. He accepted. “The rest,” said Haynes, fresh from his 85th birthday just two weeks ago, “is history...
...letter sent last Friday to officials including U.S. Chinese ambassadors, Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Yang Jiechi, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Scholars at Risk called for a public disclosure of the reasons for restricting her travel and, if there are no official reasons, to approve her requests for future travel...
Yesterday, Scholars at Risk urged its affiliates to send letters, e-mails, and faxes of their own to the recipients of the organization’s letter...
...freshman year, Delgado earned a varsity letter and “Rookie of the Year” honors on the women’s water polo team as starting goalkeeper...