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...those prepared to dispense with the American approach to ethnic diversity and begin counting by race. It is a dangerous, thoughtless course that we will one day regret with Balkan intensity. Similarly, the Canadian solution of dignified if sometimes disputatious coexistence between two great peoples is one too precious to throw away. Save the best...
...Cisneroses, every moment with John Paul just now is precious. Suffering from asplenia syndrome, a condition in which a child is born with no spleen and a heart with two right atria, John Paul will undergo heart surgery next month, and his parents cannot be sure how many birthdays remain. The boy's heart, Cisneros reflects, does not even sound like a normal heart. "Most human hearts go ker-thump, ker-thump," he says. "His goes swish, swish, swish...
Berkery has played for Harvard (incredibly, the only college that recruited her for lacrosse) since her freshman year, when the team defeated Maryland 8-7 for an NCAA crown, Berkery asserted herself as a precious freshman when she scored the tying goal to cap Harvard's amazing comeback...
Edelman has demonstrated through a quarter century of consistent social activism that "children are our most precious resource," which is good reason to believe that today's address to the Class of 1993 will be received as warmly as a piece of loving advice from a doting mother
...allure of mystery. Tabloids and weeklies have become fascinated by the young woman with the Mona Lisa smile and habit of looking upward from downcast eyes -- not unlike the young Lady Di. At home, Masakomania dominates the thriving women's magazine business, although Owada has given no interviews and precious few photo opportunities...