Girls Games

Vocabulary

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March 17th 2007
Christina here: Sheryl & I keep listing words phonetically in her notebook, trying to capture words before they escape us completely. How else will we remember that "Ah-mah" means "mom," or that "Goo-lah-bee" means "rose"? (the flower) In writing these words, we are desperately trying to hold onto the beautiful people we worked with at the orphanage. The children quizzed us every moment: ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more