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...home, and he deftly conjures an American landscape of rolling, wide-open spaces spangled by brawny, glimmering rivers ("This sight beats the Yangtze," Pingping gushes, while she gazes at the "mighty and vast" Hudson, just outside New York City). There are also decent depictions of bland, sleepy McSuburbs like Lilburn, Ga. - a typical bedroom community of electricians, engineers, stucco churches and donut shops near Atlanta, where the family eventually moves after buying the Gold Wok, a local Chinese restaurant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Exile's Letter | 12/13/2007 | See Source »

...when Pizzotti went down with a hyperextended knee just minutes into the second quarter, sophomore Jeff Witt did not have the luxury of practice time with the first unit. When his number was called, he had to perform immediately, with the Crimson in a 7-3 hole to boot.The Lilburn, Ga. native responded by helping Harvard to 31 unanswered points, posting 105 yards on 7 for 13 passing.“I felt really confident going into the game, almost as if I was starting,” Witt said. “Even though I was the second-string...

Author: By Madeleine I. Shapiro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: FOOTBALL 06: Witt's Mission: Keep it Simple | 9/22/2006 | See Source »

...Chief" should be required reading for all who cherish civil liberties and individual choice [Feb. 2]. The Republican Party preaches about less government, states' rights and individual freedoms but reveals itself every day as standing for just the opposite-and in the most personal of ways. Richard D. Green Lilburn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 2/23/2004 | See Source »

Lois Bean worries about the same thing. An eighth-grade teacher in the upscale Atlanta suburb of Lilburn, she says her problem students have one thing in common: detached parents. Bean's efforts to get their mothers and fathers to attend back-to-school night, help out with research papers or even return her phone calls are often in vain. Those same parents are usually no-shows even at the Little League games that her family frequents. "We end up giving the same kids, who live in beautiful homes, a ride home every night," she says. "These aren...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Parents Drop Out | 5/21/2001 | See Source »

Finally coming to life, the Minutemen were able to create one golden opportunity in the form of a Seth Lilburn breakaway with three minutes left to play. Mejias, however, came well off his line to cut down the angle and force Lilburn to push his shot wide left...

Author: By Jared R. Small, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Kelly Finishes to Lift M. Soccer of UMass 1-0 | 10/12/2000 | See Source »

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