on the eyes tight closed against the sun and against everything, and for her everything was red, orange, gold-red from the sun on the closed eyes, and it all was that color, all of it, the filling, the possessing, the having, all of that color, all in a blindness of ...
You learned the Lord’s Prayer, and that Christ had risen from the dead, and that you must pledge allegiance to the flag, and that we had fought the British and gained our independence because we could lick anybody in the world. But the war Marquand and Briggs had known in 1917-1918 a...
quicker … now really fast; and my uncle, flushed with success, and brandishing a walking stick (which he used for poking into the engine’s tender when he wanted it to stop) would run along by its side, occasionally, for some strategic purpose, vaulting over the rails. The whole family...
[because cops claimed] Lara was following a semi-truck too closely…Lara fought for [year]s to reclaim his money…[until] the court [finally]…concluded that Nevada’s civil forfeiture laws are mandatory, leaving no room for federal workarounds…IJ Attorney Brian Morris [said] “This ...
The next step included peaceful protests. Thousands of people participated. And even though hundreds of demonstrators were beaten and arrested, they weren’t deterred. Numerous threats were made; some lost their jobs. One woman reported that government officials took custody of her children for a ...
Born in 1931, David H. Hackworth was descended from a long line of military men, some of whom had fought in the Revolutionary War. He was orphaned at 5 months and raised by a grandmother who regaled him with stories about his family’s wartime exploits. ...
Sometimes she thought about giving up, but she fought on. Then, in the final exam, she made great progress. And her mom was happy with her. Finally, the “big” day came. When she got home one afternoon, she saw a beautiful big box on the table: “Wow, hanfu!” Her wish came ...
Items like T-shirts that allow volunteers to be recognized publicly for their contributions can help strengthen role identity”. A.People volunteer mainly out of academic requirements. B.People must be sensitive to this possibility when they make volunteer activities a must. C.It was assumed that...
God fought for Israel as Israel fought for the mischievous Gibeonites. Let that soak in. The Gibeonites were in no way worthy of any of God’s blessings, but God was still so loving and faithful to His promise that He made the sun stand still until they were all rescued! Talk about ...
He had fought but once in his his, when he was sixteen, and the blood running from his nose had made him sick.” His brothers Gino and Tony, on the other hand, are suspected of being involved in a hit on a mob boss in Brooklyn. Which becomes a problem for Eddie when Gino shows ...