Word: sonly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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From a preview of the emotional turmoil of the final scene of the novel to a reflective image of Ruby's son Brian floating in a swimming pool, trying to block out his family's emotional distress, each short scene at the beginning of Floating reveals an important layer in the history of Ruby and her family. These layers combine to form a startlingly clear image, building in the space of only four chapters, detailed and emotionally charged histories and perspectives for each of the four main characters of the novel, without resorting to tiresome exposition, and effectively setting...
Curhan, the director of the Ph.D. program in health policy at the Kennedy School, knows first-hand that special concentrations can have a tremendous impact on a student's life. Her son, Jared Curhan '93, created a special concentration on negotiation and decision-making and went on to found the program for Young Negotiators, a 10-week curriculum that teaches high school teachers how to foster negotiation skills in the classroom...
Much in the same way as his son, the elder Tahmili started low, as a custodian in a bakery. He moved up to chief baker, eventually buying and running his own store...
Tahmili's father visited his son's bakery for the first time several years...
...told TIME, "so I must be a voice for the oceans." But Jean-Michel--architect, sailor, diver and filmmaker--apparently never enjoyed the confidence of his father. More commercial-minded than the Captain, Jean-Michel left the society in 1993 to produce environmental films. In 1995 Cousteau sued his son for using the family name on a Fiji Island resort. They settled out of court...