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...public view, working hard to maintain a sense of calm in his office even as his aides charge about outside the door in a flurry of diplomatic, legal and political activity. Last month, when he made a rare visit to the Knesset cafeteria for a lunch of chicken soup and schnitzel, not a single legislator approached his table to join him. Each night Sharon takes a helicopter from his office in Jerusalem to his Negev home, Sycamore Ranch. When he's there, he likes to reminisce about his late wife Lili, whose grave lies on a hilltop under a tree...
...senior chemistry concentrator who spoke with FM on the condition that his real name not be revealed—rejection has become a constant source of embarrassment and shame. Sitting in a booth at the Hong Kong Restaurant—his raised bowl of egg drop soup steaming up his glasses—he bitterly recounts his many failures: graduate school admissions, fellowships and consulting jobs...
...avoids eye contact. His speech is self-effacing and marked with anger directed toward his more successful peers. “Around all these ambitious people, you need to have a job or you’re considered worthless,” he says as he places his soup firmly back on the table. “I’ve gone to a great school but I haven’t benefited at all.” Without skipping a beat, he sums up his feelings about rejection at Harvard. “It’s hard...
...minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder the leatherback life cycle, which has remained unchanged since before the age of the dinosaurs. The nesting season used to signal turtle soup on local menus but now the leatherbacks are protected by law and volunteers monitor the beaches to deter poachers. The best place to witness the world's most unusual beach party is Mt. Plaisir Estate at Grande Riviere, where you can sit below the spreading almond trees that fringe the waterfront...
...reports of a gold strike were hyped to justify expansion into Indian territory. "It was like time-lapse photography," he says. "Two months before [Deadwood begins], there was nothing. Two years later, they had telephones, before San Francisco did." The settlement had no laws, purposely. "It was a primordial soup," Milch says. "How do people organize themselves, absent...