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...both the Soviets and the Americans, a permanent space station could provide innumerable benefits. Everything from zero-g manufacturing of near perfect crystals for electronics to routine expeditions to the moon and the other planets could move from the realm of expensive experiment into everyday reality...
...even mildly appealing way, he prefaced his answers to students questions with the statement. "Well, I think it's rather obvious." After a few intensely awkward discussions in which I tried and failed to get him to explain certain aspects of American government out of the distant realm of theory, I came to the conclusion that he probably hadn't yet done so himself...
From this foundation, the novel moves to examine more fully the entire realm of female experience, from marriage to childbirth and death, from contentment to rage and guilt. The struggles, however, are not those of the girls, but of their grandmother. The girls reveal her hardships, from poverty and disastrous marriage to the sudden wealth which allowed her to buy the farm. Lil Krauss's five daughters, May, Elinor, Libby, Grace and Rachel, also come alive through the narrators; the startling distinctions amongst them, the subtle tensions, and their relationships with their husbands are brought to light under the granddaughters...
...pair of bright red braces. Even at Brooks Brothers, the citadel of conservative fashion, suspenders can be found in 28 different colors, from canary yellow to wild pink. Says Assistant Buyer Karen Clark: "Braces are one way these men can be kind of crazy within a perfectly acceptable realm. It allows them a bit of individuality...
Wrecked or merely switched onto another line, the Government's operations in virtually every realm are potentially altered by the landmark decision...