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How a Hong Kong Alley Rat Changed One Couple's Life

Photo: Colin Beere When we found him, he was blind and soaking, slumped in an alleyway, clearly close to death. He struggled to stand, then listed to one side and collapsed again. We watched him for…
PUBLISHED: Sept. 27, 2012
LENGTH: 2 minutes (564 words)

Valer Austin - Transforming Dead Land in Mexico

Photo: Chris Crisman The land was parched and cracked and scattered with stones, as if the clouds had rained rocks in this part of the world. Small, thorny mesquites dotted the landscape, their…
PUBLISHED: Aug. 27, 2012
LENGTH: 3 minutes (826 words)

Women of Chi Omega Accident - Paige Williams

Survivors of March 26, 1987, gather at the Chi O house, January 2012. Back row, from left: Katie Rose Guyton, Mary Schiele Daniels Scanlon, Mary Helen Sandifer Thomas, Shannon Moore Dye, Snowe Wilks…
PUBLISHED: April 17, 2012
LENGTH: 22 minutes (5600 words)

Rules of Civility Excerpt

Read O's review of Amor Towles's Rules of Civility Chapter OneThe Old Long SinceIt was the last night of 1937.
PUBLISHED: July 5, 2011
LENGTH: 6 minutes (1647 words)

This Life Is in Your Hands

Into the Woods: An Idyllic Life in Rural Maine Undone by Tragic Loss The Colemans at the family dinner table, Maine, 1973. Charismatic and principled, Melissa Coleman's parents created an...
PUBLISHED: March 28, 2011
LENGTH: 1 minutes (429 words)
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