This is snow. This is a can opener. This is a cereal box. This is a life free from terror: the long, long, long road to Fargo

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Three teenage boys who are refugees from Sudan describe their transition from life in a refugee camp to life in a two-bedroom apartment in the snow-covered city of Fargo, North Dakota. The boys adjusted to the food and learned to care for themselves despite the cultural changes and learning how to work their way through the bureaucratic maze of social services. Many of the refugees were made foster children.

Analysis, Behavior, Assimilation (Sociology), Refugees, Sudanese, Sudanese refugees

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It's not easy being displaced as No. 1, especially when it's by your little sister. No wonder Venus Williams is thinking about a new line of work

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Tennis player Venus Williams announced the launch of her V Starr Interiors firm after losing the 2002 Women's Tennis Assn Championships. Both Venus and her sister Serena enjoy life outside of tennis.

Interview, Women tennis players, Tennis players, Williams, Venus

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The last shift: the nursing shortage already accounts for 31 percent more post-surgery deaths in some hospitals. And soon the whole profession may be on life support

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The effects of a nationwide nursing shortage are most evident in the increased number of post-surgery deaths. One nurse enjoys her work, but describes the frustrations that accompanies her job.

Labor force information, Health Care and Social Assistance, Management dynamics, Public affairs, HEALTH SERVICES, Administration of Public Health Programs, Offices of All Other Miscellaneous Health Practitioners, Offices of health practitioners, not elsewhere classified, Health Care Services, Nurses, Medical & Health Services, Social aspects, Medical care, Practice, Employment

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