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...past I wanted to audition for period pieces, and people kept saying I look too modern. All you have to do is pin-curl my hair and put me in a gown, and I'll look different. But there's not a lot of imagination in this town. Keira Knightley may be dying to get out of corsets, but I'm dying to get into...
...native Bostonian might look on an hour-long trip to Providence as a trek, I see nothing unusual about the fact that my family regularly jumps in the car and drives seven hours to see our family in Kentucky. Therefore, spending 60 minutes on the train from my town to Chicago in the mornings and evenings barely seems like an inconvenience at all. Sure, walking twenty-five minutes to work makes the walk to the Quad seem like a hop, skip, and a jump, but after sitting on the train for an hour, it feels great. My mixed commute...
...family goes back to the same little town on a lake every year, and the place itself is as precise a measuring stick as the pencil marks on the kitchen doorway. The basement is a warehouse of outgrown skates and half-finished lanyards. Last summer little sister's feet could barely reach the pedals. This summer she's racing down hills, while big sister is taller than some of my friends, her ears are pierced, her shoes have heels, when she's not barefoot. One summer they went to see the Baha Men; the next summer, La Boheme...
...They do remember when they capsized a boat together and got their first dogs and sneaked into the woods to break some rule for the first time. For those of us who grew up here, the town has its own geography of mischief and misdemeanors and memories, first kisses, first cigarette, first beer, first time we stayed out all night and got grounded for the rest of forever...
...rookie in the Israeli secret service when he was captured May 1,1984 by Syrian forces, who occupied parts of Lebanon at the time. Israeli and Syrian forces were facing off over the Bekaa region - the area near Syria that Israel attacked earlier this week, including bombings on the town of Baalbek. There were fears that Nesher's capture would touch off a large-scale confrontation. He was brought to Damascus where he says he underwent two months of interrogation and torture. He was eventually released as a part of an exchange for more than 300 Syrian prisoners held...