It’s not just that Marbury was already a rich and famous basketball star when he came to China, meaning he had orders of magnitude more capital, leverage, and connections than any average person, and he joined an inferior league. It’s also that under China’s household registration system...
After that, I washooked. I think I was fifteen by the time I finishedThus Cry the Winds(nice poetic use of that fancy word “Thus,” don’t you think?) and started my first historical novel: the westernFor Justiceinspired by Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett (who were my frequent riding...
aHawkeye is a fictional character that appears in the comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Tales of Suspense and was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Don Heck. Hawkeye joined the Avengers and has been a prominent member of the team ever since. Hawkeye...
I joined my acquaintance to work at reconstructing buildings. It was wintertime. We were making a roof for crockery factory, suddenly I stepped on the nail. I did not feel pain because I have already got my leg frozen. Snow turned into red; it was as if roof has already painted into r...
aDoing as they were told, the colors united and joined hands. “From now on, when it rains, each of you will stretch across the sky in a great bow of color.” And so whenever a good rain washed the world and a rainbow appears in the sky, let’s remember to appreciate one another...
find steady work. He joined his son on the football team, but in 2013, a car crash caused by a drunk driver kept the two from ever having a chance to play together. The older Thomas suffered torn ligaments in his knee in the accident. That same year, he had to file for bankruptcy....
When he rejoined the group we went to see what he had done and, to our great amazement, we discovered that even though they came from the sky their shit smelled just like our own!». 60 On no other occasion have distant past and future wound up meeting face to face as they have ...