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81Recollections of Learning Chinese Mandarin at The Defense Language Institute
A 37 week intensive basic Chinese Mandarin class at the Defense Language Institute did much to stimulate my interest in learning foreign languages for conversational fluency. It also led to a career studying and working on Chinese language and cutural topics. The six class periods we had each day were extremely interesting and challenging.
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86Tempests, Tylenol, and Crab: My Adventure in the Aleutians
A tempest was approaching, and I laughed, howled really, at the absurdity of demanding such things of myself. The wind was unlike anything I'd experienced, yet my pride carried me on, up to the top of Pyramid Peak. As I made my ascent, the gales...
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71Rv Parks California Activities
Rv Parks California, Mt Gate RV Park. RV Parks are quite popular rest and recuperation tourist spots in America, but Mt Gate RV Park is slowly and steadily making its own place in the hearts of tourists on Rv Parks California.
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77All's Fair in Love and...Weddings
The only real rule when planning a wedding is that it will be stressful. Here is a look at how my wedding-planning chaos became the greatest wedding ever, plus money-saving tips and ideas for your own big day.
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70What's In a Can of Peas?
So what really is in a can of peas? I mean besides, of course, the peas? That's probably the most obvious answer. Before I go on, did I ever stop to mention in any one of my many ramblings on that I happen to be a bit anal retentive about what I...
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57Entertaing Kids at the Aquarium
By Jack Caldwell These are the aquariums that I recommend you take your kids to visit: In Stanley Park in Vancouver is a large aquarium that specializes in the British Columbia Coast. ...
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56Homeward Bound: Chapter Seventy-Five
Homeward Bound: Chapter Seventy-Five At Omar’s house, we pile out of the car and help him unload. “You know, old buddy,” Vance says as he puts his arm around Omar’s shoulder. “You...
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69The Sea Captain's Charge
A substance abusive cannery worker receives a talking parrot from a retired merchant mariner. Narrative recounts a child's impressions.
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59Driving Cab: Chapter Twenty-Nine
In Driving Cab: Chapter Twenty-Nine, Jack describes his relationship with a young telephone girl fare who is going though a fourteen day fast.
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64We Killed Diana
We, and the jackals with lens, killed Diana -- to give us, the jackals without intellectual jurisprudence, the right to complain.
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