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John Henry Days indeed tackles a great amount of material but without any signs of overreaching or strain. The novel ripples outward from a central event: a three-day festival in Talcott, W.Va., commemorating the legendary black railroad worker who outhammered a steam drill but died in victory. Many of the ballads about John Henry place the epic battle he waged with the machine in nearby Big Bend Tunnel, and Talcott residents hope that John Henry Days will become an annual and tourist-friendly attraction...
...kids on the receiving end of the push to create little Einsteins let us know how they were holding up (or not). "Most kids are not born geniuses; we have to strain our brains until they bleed," wrote a 12-year-old from Massachusetts, adding, "Parents are competing with other parents to see whose kid is better and smarter." Declared a California teen: "I usually don't finish my homework until 11 p.m. I'm so stressed. I get good grades, but I'm in fear that without more extracurricular activities, I may not get into the college I want...
Exact numbers were not available yesterday, but HUPD's overtime costs, for maintaining at least five officers and a supervisor at Mass. Hall for the entire 21-day stand-off will top $130,000--plus the physical strain on officers who worked 16-hour days for most of protest...
...duty, whatever that might be. He was supposed to kill, and he was also responsible for the lives of six men in a war with almost no rules. The enemy was all around, but he didn't know who or where they were. The dark, the confusion, the strain of listening for sounds that signaled death, the tension, the terror. Suddenly he had to make a choice, and he pulled the trigger. Oh, God, what have I done...
...duty, whatever that might be. He was supposed to kill, and he was also responsible for the lives of six men in a war with almost no rules. The enemy was all around, but he didn't know who or where they were. The dark, the confusion, the strain of listening for sounds that signaled death, the tension, the terror. Suddenly he had to make a choice, and he pulled the trigger. Oh, God, what have I done...