Modern Olympic Games Review 2000 Olympics, Sydney The Sydney 2000 Games were the largest yet, with 10,651 athletes competing in 300 events. Despite their size, they were well organized. From 15th, Sep...
Ashlee Simpson: All Pieces of Me Ashlee Nicole Simpson was born on October 3,1984, in Waco, Texas, and raised in Dallas. Ashlee's talent was apparent early on: at age 4 she started dancing, and by the...
The French Are Traditionalists The French are at heart traditionalists. Though they dearly love revolutions, pulling everything down and starting from scratch, they disapprove of shifts in behaviour....
New York Like all great cities, New York has an indefinable aura 1 all its own. Rather than diminish that aura, the events of September 11, 2001, when terrorists crashed jetliners into the World Trade...
November 4: Mischief Night A time of misrule 1 , when every principle is turned on its head, is a tempting thing indeed. Some sociologists have theorized that such festivals of chaos are necessary for...
One Door at a Time When my husband, John, and I had our first child 20 years ago, we agreed I’d be a stay at home mom. That meant we’d have to make do on a single income. We scrimped 1 and saved s...
Missing the Dance “Would you like to be my date for the ROTC 1 dance?” asked Rick. I couldn’t believe he was asking me. My two best friends had gotten dates weeks ago, so I had given up hope of...
Time As Americans See It What is time? Is it a thing to be saved or spent or wasted, like money? Or is it something we have no control over, like the weather? Is time the same all over the world? That...
Search for Success Wang Daqing: The whole world has witnessed 1 tremendous changes in China’s information industry in recent years, and what role do you think Baidu has been playing in the internet...
Melody 1 from the Other World In October on the east coast of Australia migrating humpback whales 2 pass very close to the shore. With the help of Max Egan, we went to film them near Byron Bay. It was...
