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...While Lee says he remembers select moments from each of the regimes, but his recollections are nonpolitical and decidedly not those of a radical. (He recalls believing the Hitler Youth to be "more or less a boy scout kind of thing" that wouldn't let him in because of his Chinese ancestry...
...much a collection of journalistic efforts as it is a fragmented memoir, diffracting observations of fringe elements at home and abroad through the prism of the author’s opinions. He travels to biker revivals, Alaska, the American Southwest and Liberia. He recounts his brief Boy Scout experiment in the Philippines. He marvels at the intersection between his values and those of violent militia members. And while Johnson always remains the outsider—a stranger attempting self-understanding through observing the natives—the strength of his narratives stems from immersion and interaction. For instance, when Johnson...
...time that they are away from the feared object or situation is spent dreading the next encounter and developing elaborate strategies intended to avoid it. "Jeanette," 44, a teacher's assistant, is so terrified of cats that she sends her daughter, 21, into an unfamiliar store to scout around and sound a feline all clear before she enters. The daughter has been walking point this way since age five. "Nora," 50, a social worker, will circumnavigate a block with a series of right turns rather than make a single left, so afraid is she of facing the stream of traffic...
Next month Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. will update its closet with items like cargo pants and hooded fleece jackets, but the fashionable scout can't pair last season's badges with this season's uniform. Fortunately, a revised badge book will be issued later this year detailing 104 badges, 17 of which are new. Alas, some badges will be phased out as well...
...BORING, XFL PLAYERS WOULD LOVE IT And after all this, the joke could very well be on the XFL. Is there any XFL player who doesn't have one eye on the field and one in the stands, trying to catch the attention of an NFL scout? Is there any coach who doesn't dream of securing a head coaching gig in the very league that the XFL mocks? It's like "Temptation Island" with a 50-yard line. Compromise yourself now and cash in later...