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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...familiar sight in lacrosse highlight films and an icon for young defensemen...
...hierarchical arrangement of positioning ofguests. I made a lot of mistakes early on that Ifeel horrible when I look back on. One goodexample is the first wedding banquet I ever wentto. The food was great, and it was a 12 coursemeal. I was young and ate everything in sight. Atthe end of the meal they brought out bowls ofrice, and I took one and proceeded to eat it down,and I noticed that my fellow diners were pickingpolitely at it but weren't eating much. But Ifigured I'd eat it, so I ate most of the rice. ButI didn...
...mean fancyrestaurants, but if you go out to the Chinesecountryside. I was in the province of Jiang-Xi acouple years ago over reading period, doing somefield work. Isolated, beautiful hillsidecountryside area and they didn't have a great dealof variety but what they had was so out of sight,it was just impossible to rival. They had--theonly time I ever had this--mountain catfish. Theyalso had the best, most fabulous bean curd I’veever had in my life, because the water they had inthis area was crystal clear beyond belief. The keyto good bean curd is having...
...seen them. Whether in front of the Science Center or on the steps of Widener Library, the sight of an admissions tour is unmistakable. High school seniors sporting their letter-jackets huddle in a tight bunch. Safety in numbers, this is the herd mentality at its best. Shepherding this wayward group of timid visitors is a vibrant, artificially happy member of the Crimson Key Society. Like people following the chosen one, this microcosm of adolescent fear and dreams migrates across campus to the call of its leader...
...longer the whole picture. Academics, diplomats and bankers who do business there talk seriously these days about an African renaissance. A grand word, it turns out, for the slow, fragile, difficult changes that are giving the continent a second chance. But the description fits. Out of sight of our narrow focus on disaster, another Africa is rising, an Africa that works: the Africa of Mozambique and Mali and Eritrea and Ghana, of South Africa and Uganda, Benin and Botswana, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Tanzania...