I turned the car engine off. All was silent in the hot summer air. Beside us, a plum-colored river hardly moved between a border of trees, its dark lazy water reflecting the last light of day. How breathtaking! Where had it been? If I had seen even a bit of this beauty while ...
OneFridayamonthlater,Iwenttothetest spotagainandpassed.LaterthatnightIdrovefor thefirsttimebymyself,whichbroughttomean amazing feeling I?ve never experienced———but sill,Icouldn?timagineevertellinganyonethe truth.SoIdidn?t.Itwasn?tuntilmidwaythrough collegethatIcameclean.Itturnedoutplentyof mycollege...
I will learn this secret of the ages:Weak is he who permits his thoughts to control his actions;strong is he who forces his actions to control his thoughts.Each day,when I awaken,I will follow this plan of battle before I am captured by the forces of sadness,self-pity and failure— I...
We often try to save every drop of water in gardening. Yet this summer, over half of the world is experiencing “abnormally dry” weather, which means millions of people are living under drought conditions.1Here are suggestions for how to keep your garden healthy during periods of dry weather...
The summer after his sophomore year at a Boston boarding school, John T. Unger travels to Montana to his reticent friend Percy Washington’s home in a remote corner of Montana. He soon learns that Percy’s grandfather, a slave-owning cattle rancher, had discovered an enormous diamond on his...
cells from the tumor. I was sedated, but my wife, who was there, told me that when they viewed the cells under a microscope the doctors started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is curable with surgery. I had the surgery and I’m fine ...
Ages 20 – 30 is not the ideal age for retirement. Retiring Between Ages 31 – 35 Most people only start gaining confidence at work after they've hit 30. Before then, you're mostly a cost center doing your best to learn everything you can about the business. Why else do you think ...
“I shall go there!” she cried, rejoicingly. “Life is beginning and swells like a cloud; nobody knows whither it is hastening.” When the gray dawn arose and the moon turned pale and the clouds were tinted red, the wished-for hour struck. The words of promise were fulfilled. ...
After leaving the earth last summer, Zhu Rong circled Mars for several months and landed on it in May. In recent years, our country has sent up the world’s first quanturn satellite(量子卫星), and Chang’e-4 has made a soft landing on the moon. We have made great progress in space...
Summer Wars (2009) 79% Critics Consensus: Family drama mixes with virtual online action in the breezy and entertaining Summer Wars. Synopsis: A young math genius solves a complex equation and inadvertently puts a virtual world's artificial intelligence in a position to [More] Starring: ...