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...depth of connection their children feel to the country they are living in." Dale Ford, head counselor at the Singapore American School, observes, "No student ever wants to leave where they are. It doesn't matter if they're moving from Singapore to Tokyo or from Las Vegas to Peoria. There is almost always a row within the family...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rooted to Nowhere | 10/6/2003 | See Source »

...Times's woes--affecting USA Today's business for good or bad. "I really view the market [for each paper] as very separate," says Doug Arthur, publishing analyst at Morgan Stanley. Says Calabrese: "Frankly, as they say, the New York Times doesn't play as well in Peoria as USA Today does...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The People's Paper | 7/21/2003 | See Source »

...working as an usher at the Diamondbacks' stadium felt like a homecoming--one he very much needed after his wife died six years ago. "It kept me so busy there wasn't a chance to think," says Litzky, who also helps coordinate 500 volunteers at the sports complex in Peoria, Ariz., where the Mariners and the San Diego Padres hold spring training...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Senior League | 7/21/2003 | See Source »

Fong started grade school a year early and skipped eighth grade as a twelve year-old when her family moved from Alberta, Canada to Peoria, Ill., and she placed a grade ahead...

Author: By Maria S. Pedroza, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Mastering Harvard at a Young Age | 6/5/2003 | See Source »

...Magnolia Electric Co., the latest from Songs: Ohia, is a paradigm of this musical tradition. The album will leave listeners confounded as to how songs that veer so close to self-parody (such as “Peoria Lunch Box Blues”) can be so utterly enjoyable. With its Southern-inflected vocals from Jason Molina, haunting background harmonies (which recall Patti Smith) from Jennie Benford and slow, steady arrangements of guitar and piano, this is no typical rock album. But it might have been your father’s in the mid-70?...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Music | 3/14/2003 | See Source »

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