For a while she lay on her back, watching the stars come out upon the ceiling of her grotto, listening to the little snores.

NEWYORKER: A Tiny Feast

"We look forward to working with you to ensure that only age and culturally appropriate programmes air on PBS, which is a mainstay that millions of parents have come to rely upon over the past 35 years, " the letter addressed to PBS president Pat Mitchell added.

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But in the face of a wide range of challenging situations I come across as a lawyer, I still draw upon these five lessons learned on the sales floor.

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She saw paper stars hanging from the ceiling, and cards and posters on the wall, and a homey bedspread upon the mattress, but faeries had come to carpet the room with grass, to pave the walls with stone and set them with jewels, and to blow a cover of clouds to hide the horrible suspended ceiling.

NEWYORKER: A Tiny Feast

But as the years have passed and I have become involved with braille-related volunteer work on various committees of the Braille Authority of North America (BANA) and the International Council on English Braille (ICEB), I have come to realize an even greater satisfaction, based upon a deeper understanding of the importance of braille in the lives of blind men and women.

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