The window of my room in the Hôtel de France,—a good hostelry by the way,—overlooked terrace, valley, and mountains, and I found myself hanging out of it in a most dangerous fashion at all hours of the day and night, until sleep and the murmuring river drove me to bed. The ...
When 2002 went down to Guangzhou from Beijing at the beginning of the year, Chen Wei had hundreds of dollars left. In Guangzhou, he sleeps on the street of the East Road and makes cosmetics sales. Every night, he was selling on the edge of the Pearl River. It was a few hours, more...
Kerlan operates on me for 2 1/2 hours. The damage is pretty bad. I feel nothing but pain. When the people around the barns hear about my accident, they shake their heads and say, “Hey, poor Shoe, he’s finished.” In the jocks’ room, my pals pray for a miracle because they a...
Through his genius, he changed every early experience, even his father’s death, into a fairy tale. One cold day his father showed him a white, woman-like figure among the frost patterns. “That is the snow queen,” said the shoemaker. “Soon she will be coming for me.” A few mont...
Within 24 hours he was on an airplane to his new job. Twenty years passed and he returned to his hometown. He remembered his shoes. “They were a good pair of shoes,” he thought, “I wonder if the shoemaker is still there and still has them. I’ll go and see. ” The same ...
An on-line final exam (4 hours allotted for completion of 171 questions) is offered for those who want to confirm their proficiency status. The exam is multiple choice, graded on-line, with a diploma and listing on the Surviving Mold website for three months. ...
the planet’s 9.92-hour rotation period quickly brought each impact site into view. Separated in time by an average of seven to eight hours, each fragment plunged deep into the Jovian atmosphere, exploding withtremendousenergy and creating a bubble of super-hot gas called a “fireball.” As ...