Girl Gets Zebra For Birthday!

    Ten-Year-Old Brittany Lawton received a Very Unusual Birthday Gift from Her Father.   Brittany Lawton was shocked speechless when she laid eyes on her latest birthday gift. Her father had purchased her a zebra! And it didn’t end there, her striped equine also came with a pal. A small donkey serves as companion to the zebra.   When asked […]

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As Austerity Anger Swells, Greece’s Government Teeters Toward Collapse

Even after the scuffles between police and anarchists erupted into clouds of tear gas on June 15, Giorgos Liolios did not leave Syntagma Square. For more than a year, Liolis, a 37-year old Athenian struggling to keep his small bakery afloat, was part of the silent majority that gave Prime Minister George Papandreou the benefit of the doubt

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Tiger Mom: Amy Chua Parenting Memoir Raises American Fears

It was the “Little White Donkey” incident that pushed many readers over the edge. That’s the name of the piano tune that Amy Chua, Yale law professor and self-described “tiger mother,” forced her 7-year-old daughter Lulu to practice for hours on end — “right through dinner into the night,” with no breaks for water or even the bathroom, until at last Lulu learned to play the piece.

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San Francisco: 10 Things to Do in 24 Hours — Introduction

It was the “Little White Donkey” incident that pushed many readers over the edge. That’s the name of the piano tune that Amy Chua, Yale law professor and self-described “tiger mother,” forced her 7-year-old daughter Lulu to practice for hours on end — “right through dinner into the night,” with no breaks for water or even the bathroom, until at last Lulu learned to play the piece

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