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Meanwhile in ... Greenland, dog sleds were used to rush ballots to remote polling areasAnd in聽Freetown, Sierra Leone,聽they are seeing fewer abused chimps in need of help.
Learning English with a drawlWe were Vietnamese refugees. 鈥楳r. Water鈥� was our texas landlord.
The payback of follow-through鈥業鈥檒l send you a postcard,鈥� I said to the phone store clerk.
Meanwhile on ... Scotland's Isle of Lewis and Harris, 海角大神s are extending a welcoming hand to a new mosqueAnd in聽Ashgabat, Turkmenistan,聽the government has allowed more than 200 indigenous Bronze Age artifacts to leave the country for the first time.聽
The Niger that I knowUS friends worry about safety in Niger; Nigerien friends worry about US school shootings.
A few old words worth rescuingEnglish is a sort of free-for-all in which well-tempered words persist.
The strawberry of Dave鈥檚 dreamsOregon鈥檚 climate is ideal for this fruit 鈥� except for the climate in my garden.
How Mom made fudge by feelSometimes it was rock-hard. Other times, it was fudge sauce. But other times ...聽
A journey from distrust to teammatesI鈥檇 been duped by beggars before. This time, we both had something to offer.
How to solve the homework problemSome want to abolish it. Mr. Markiewicz and I have an idea.
Meanwhile... in Ga-Molepo, South Africa, local entrepreneur Jeffrey Mulaudzi is bringing bike-sharing to studentsAnd in the Pitcairn islands,聽residents are聽hoping to see their home named as a dark sky sanctuary, while in聽Cali, Colombia,聽collectors of Afro-Caribbean vinyl records have been meeting annually for 26 years.
Why won鈥檛 my animals listen to me?A horse, a cow, and a steer all share the same attitude toward shelter and warmth.
Meanwhile... in Khartoum, Sudan, an all-female band named Salute Yal Bannot is making wavesAnd in Thailand,聽the government is using new technology to fight an old problem, while in Bethlehem, South Africa,聽two rescued African lions are turning the page on new chapters.聽
The serendipity of distractionWhy is it that certain activities聽lead us so eagerly astray?聽
Meanwhile... in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, a charity searches for homes or useful employment for dogs who find minesAnd in Armenia,聽all children between the ages of 6 and 8 receive compulsory chess lessons,聽making Armenia the first country in the world to include chess in its national curriculum, while in聽Fada N鈥橤ourma, Burkina Faso,聽African choreographer Aguibou Sanou has been bringing dance to prison.
A rebuke from a much gentler ageCaptain Crosby wore command lightly. He was a 鈥榩eople person鈥� before that term existed.
Meanwhile... in Mosul, Iraq, Fahd Sabah recently launched Mosul鈥檚 new Book Forum cafeAnd in Thornbury, Australia,聽refugees in this suburb of Melbourne are offering cooking classes organized by Free to Feed, a nonprofit started in 2015, while in聽La Paz, Bolivia,聽shoeshine boys are being given a leg up.
An unquiet realization about librariesA recent visit changes my perception of library behavior and purpose.
Meanwhile... in Copperbelt, Zambia, tending to a baby chimp led to one of the largest chimpanzee reserves in the worldAnd in Somalia,聽a young social activist is聽offering former child soldiers and other war victims a chance to heal through surfing. Meanwhile, they're hiring in Antarctica.
Why I鈥檓 so grateful to SteveI鈥檓 a can-do guy. But this problem was beyond my ability 鈥� or desire 鈥� to solve.
