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...often I see my parents my response shocked them. They exclaimed: “You only see them a few times a year!” Their disbelief grew deeper when I assured them that even students who attend college only a few miles away from their homes seldom see their parents. Many Israeli college students, even those who are in their mid-twenties who have already served in the army, return to their parents’ house weekly, appreciating home cooking and, generally much less interested in blazing their own trails...
...songs like Independence Day and My Father's House map out a worldwide atlas of the tangles between father and son. And in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, Manzoor gives up a bit on America and its hopefulness, as his hero (on his album of reconciliation, The Rising) seldom does. But by then Manzoor has already showed us how to live as something more than just a Briton, a Muslim or a Pakistani. At a concert in New Jersey once, an American fan, taking him for a terrorist, challenges Manzoor to name his favorite Springsteen songs. As he starts...
Still, in Yuma County, where gasoline costs around $3.35 per gal. in recent weeks--ethanol E85 fuel was $2.43 per gal.--seldom is heard a discouraging word. Even Brad Rock, who is being hit hard by rising feed prices for the 4,000 head of cattle on his Box Elder Ranch in nearby Wray, admits that the ethanol projects "are good for the community from a jobs perspective...
Despite Gates’ inattentiveness in the classroom, few questioned his brilliance. He enrolled in graduate level courses and seldom appeared intimidated, even though he was often the youngest person in the lecture hall...
...Even Shinobu's family seldom eats at home on weeknights. As she wraps the leftovers from lunch, Shinobu says that her own grown daughter, a travel agent in central Tokyo, has been too busy to learn how to cook. "But she chose a husband who knows how to cook, so she's lucky!" Shinobu adds. Luckier than many in Japan...