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...blend of bits on hand. Because my grandmother had always made shirts, pants and dresses for her four daughters when they were children, her walk-in closet was a patchwork paradise. I sewed the fabric squares; Granny insisted that the right angles met in 90-degree perfection. (No wonder my mother became an architect.) The flashing needle tacked together vestiges of white dresses, red-checkered shorts, turquoise blue blouses and a dusty-rose colored skirt. Nothing matched, but that was the point...
...long way to go.Both Boothe and DeOssie are still on the roster, while Finn is navigating the free agent market. The Giants have since added Columbia’s Steve Cargile to backup Kenny Phillips at safety.Ryan Fitzpatrick ’05 was somewhat of a one-hit wonder. In his debut with the Rams, Fitzpatrick came in after Jamie Martin got injured in the second quarter and took the Rams from a 24-3 halftime deficit to a 33-27 win in overtime while throwing for 310 yards and three touchdowns.Since, Fitzpatrick has been serving primarily in a backup...
Children’s literature leaves a profound mark early in mental and social development and appeals strongly to adults’ “damaged sense of wonder,” said folklore and mythology department chair Maria Tatar to a packed crowd at Brattle Theater last night...
...This is about curiosity and wonder, wizardry and sorcery,” Tatar said of her work. “I am exploring what it is about certain books that children find engrossing, what relationship parents have in reading with children, and the effect these stories have...
...President Clinton’s watch when Pakistan exploded its first nuclear bomb in May 1998. But, after the Musharraf government’s post-9/11 about-face, the American government resumed deliveries of the fighter jet. While we support a strong Pakistan that can fight terrorism, we wonder why a country that is unable to secure its own borders needs a multi-million-dollar fighter aircraft...