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I don't want him growing up with me working two jobs. I don't want him to have a childhood like read more
I don't want him growing up with me working two jobs. I don't want him to have a childhood like I did. I had a nasty childhood.
Even critics of the economy say we are resilient. We are more than resilient, we are tough.
Even critics of the economy say we are resilient. We are more than resilient, we are tough.
It's a show that's designed just for children.
It's a show that's designed just for children.
The longer you leave it in checking, the more likely it will vanish.
The longer you leave it in checking, the more likely it will vanish.
The good die young - because they see it's no use living if you've got to be good.
The good die young - because they see it's no use living if you've got to be good.
Growing up in Brooklyn in the '40s and following the war in the papers and on the radio every day, read more
Growing up in Brooklyn in the '40s and following the war in the papers and on the radio every day, the world looked very different to us then.
December is an anomaly. We had an array of trouble. We had contractor problems, where contractors weren't able to clear read more
December is an anomaly. We had an array of trouble. We had contractor problems, where contractors weren't able to clear the tracks in time for rush hour. We had a broken rail, missing third-rail shoes, locomotive engine failures, and then we had the (New York City transit) strike in December. That affected all the lines because of slower boarding and congestions. We had trains stacked.
[The trains were never forgotten, but the extent of their influence only came to light with the arrival of the read more
[The trains were never forgotten, but the extent of their influence only came to light with the arrival of the internet and the subsequent flowering of genealogical research. This obsession with roots will be felt especially keenly by foundlings, who often have no way of exploring their family histories.] I notice that genealogical sites now have warnings on them saying people should be ready for little surprises, ... They're not all going to find themselves descended from King Henry VIII or Richard Cur de Lion or Wellington. This is rather strange because it was pretty taken for granted a few generations ago that families had all kinds of little moments where things had gone not according to the book. It was just one of those things. You tried to accommodate it. There was no social welfare. You just had to sort it out within villages, the families, the parish. Children went to the workhouse, but people knew about it. Nowadays, there's a kind of surprise that these cases were so commonplace.
