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The minefield known as mom.(Earth Passages: Journeys Through Childhood)(Brief article)(Book review)
Women are obsessed with their mothers. Dear momma can be the source of annoyance, inspiration and dread. Onto them, we pin our needs, hopes and often our rage.
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Labor activist and attorney Lora Jo Foo's new book Earth Passages: journeys Through Childhood bravely enters this minefield known as Mother.
Juxtaposing compelling nature photography with short vignettes, Foo creates a multilayered memoir about her relationship with her mom in the projects of San Francisco's Chinatown. A vignette about her mother serving just bread and mayo for lunch runs next to a photo from Costa Rica of tree roots and small, lush green leaves. The effect is an emotional contrast ...
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- Newspaper article from: Intelligencer Journal Lancaster New Era Saturday ed Jeff Young December 1, 2009 700+ words
...profile or the bankroll of the younger hotshots who flank him.He will continue to make his relatively modest living in the minefield known as the middle, instead of the friendlier turf over which DeSean Jackson and Jeremy Maclin glide, seemingly free as the...
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- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Verniere, James November 22, 2002 700+ words
...Wade ("The World Is Not Enough") and features North Korean villains who install a huge laser in the sky to destroy the minefield known as the 38th Parallel - cobbles together bits and pieces of previous films. We have the Venus-rising-from-the-ocean...
- American workforce is running for cover from workplace violence. (Originated...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Kadaba, Lini S. November 30, 1994 700+ words
...managers, said school spokeswoman Susan Greenbaum. The books and seminars are striving to guide employers through the minefield known as the workplace, say the experts. ``You've got fire drills, tornado drills,'' said business consultant Steve...
- Efforts to solve Y2K flaw take on almost emergency proportions for Pentagon.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Burnett, Richard October 30, 1998 700+ words
...and terrorist attacks, a major threat to America's defense complex in the coming year will be the multibillion-dollar minefield known as the millennium bug, a former Pentagon computer systems chief said Friday. Efforts to solve the year 2000 computer flaw...
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- Magazine article from: AutoWeek Hart, Roger May 12, 2008 700+ words
...came from two sources: the staff's experience with a long-term XJ sedan and the XKR's all-encompassing electronic minefield known as a touch screen. The touch screen controlled all entertainment, heating, cooling and navigation systems. Even the...
- Rock rookies.
- Newspaper article from: Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH) July 23, 2006 700+ words
...stories. Fourkids, all first-time Rock School students, all 14 years of age, all about to enter the social and hormonal minefield known as high school and all ready to rock. Mostly. Their coach is Aaron Shay, a music teacher at Woodsy's who received his...
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- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe Brian C. Mooney and Patricia Wen, Globe Staff May 5, 1989 700+ words
Mayor Flynn is suddenly double-checking his options before wandering deeper into the political minefield known as the Boston public schools. Flynn waited nearly five years before pushing reform of public education to the top of his agenda...
- Angel Ascends: Argentine survives minefield at 5-over: Angel Cabrera shoots a...
- Newspaper article from: Tulsa World (Tulsa, OK) June 18, 2007 700+ words
...Open at Southern Hills). He promoted himself to major champion this time because he had the reddest scorecard. The minefield known as Oakmont permitted only eight sub-par rounds during the tournament. Cabrera was the only player to squeeze under the...
Source: HighBeam Research, The minefield known as mom.(Earth Passages: Journeys Through...