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...while the morbid pull of China's brutal twentieth century history is ever present, it's the portraits of the migrant workers and their lives - at once exciting and mind-numbingly boring, crowded and starkly isolated - that are at the book's heart. The painstaking work Chang put into befriending these girls and drawing out their stories is evident, as is the genuine affection she has for them and their spirit...
...state of high uncertainty, the brain wants most of all to do something - anything. "The natural urge, when we hurt, is to pull away," says John Forsyth, an associate psychology professor in the Anxiety Disorders Research Program at the University at Albany, SUNY. Unfortunately, doing something - like selling stock or drinking heavily at the office - can make things dramatically worse...
...also played on the Holyoke stage.“Harvard Square people are definitely the kind of people that appreciate jazz,” said pianist Malcolm G. Campbell ’10.Harvard students said that they found live music an “overwhelmingly” attractive pull.“I’m tired but exhilarated,” said Christopher S. H. Paik ’09. “It’s Octoberfest—Rocktoberfest.”—Staff Writer Bora Fezga can be reached at bfezga@fas.harvard.edu...
...York Food Bank, notes that his organization's donations from direct mailings is down 27% from the same time last year. Like City Harvest, the New York Food Bank receives the bulk of its donations during the holidays, and Boroff is nervous about December. "If people start to pull back, there's going to be a dire impact on us," he says. "It's scary...
There's nothing like an external enemy to make a country pull together, and Britain, fractious and dissatisfied with its Labour government until recently, has found a fresh foe: Iceland. The tiny country's benign image as a land of geysers and the midnight sun has been swiftly eclipsed by its new incarnation as the mustache-twirling villain of the credit crunch. Britons - from private individuals to local government, charities and public bodies - have deposited some $34 billion in Iceland's financial institutions, among them Landsbanki, which went into receivership this week, and Kaupthing, the country's biggest bank, which...