“The first time I entered an eating contest, I made a little girl cry.”
Krista Stevens
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The Only Home He Ever Knew
“Today, photo geeks the world over consider Paul Kwilecki a master of the documentary form.”
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How to Feed the Olympics
“Bananas are an athlete’s favorite thing. We anticipate getting two or three million bananas.”
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In Search Of The Continent’s Largest Shorebird
“Transcendent experiences, after all, are rare.”
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Meet The Smithsonian Bird Detectives Saving Lives
“Bird residue was not always her forte.”
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In France, a Swimming Pool With a Story
“It felt enough to just hold on to the truth.”
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The Adoption Paradox
“You could call it a life sentence, for this is the moment in which I learn that I am adopted.”
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The Life and Untimely Death of a Boeing Whistleblower
“After the (Boeing-McDonnell Douglas) merger, the corporate culture shifted from ‘Let’s make great airplanes’ to “Let’s raise the stock price.'”
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I Am Laura Kipnis-Bot, and I Will Make Reading Sexy and Tragic Again
“Even if it was technically feasible and Dubuque was legit, did I really want to be involved in this?”