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Long Distance by Jane Smiley

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Author Biography

Name: Jane (Graves) Smiley
Variant Name: Jane (Graves) Smiley, Jane Graves Smiley
Birth Date: September 26, 1949
Nationality: American
Gender: Female

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Biography of Jane (Graves) Smiley
4303 words, approx. 14.3 pages
The range and variety of Jane Smiley's work as a writer of fiction have resulted in a great deal of critical attention, a wide and committed readership, and several different perceptions of her achievement. Smiley's novels, particularly those following T...
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Biography of Jane (Graves) Smiley
3469 words, approx. 11.6 pages
A Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, Jane Smiley has also won acclaim for her work as an author of short fiction. In The Age of Grief: Stories and a Novella (1987), Ordinary Love and Good Will: Two Novellas (1989), The Life of the Body: A Story (1990), and...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Long-Distance Connection Technologies Summary
1,127 words, approx. 4 pages
Long-distance connection technologies refer to the continually evolving suite of technologies that allow users to connect to the Internet or their corporate WANs (Wide-Area Networks) or LANs (Local-Area Networks) remotely and across large distances....
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Long-Distance Communication Summary
1,040 words, approx. 4 pages
The earliest computers communicated only with their expert handlers, who programmed them by connecting circuits by hand and read their outputs on paper. Today one of a computer's essential tasks is to communicate with other computers. This would be...
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Long Distance Information
1,226 words, approx. 4 pages
Long distance in telecommunications, refers to telephone calls made outside a certain area, usually characterized by an area code outside of a local call area (known in the United States as a local access and transport area or LATA). Long-distance...


News and Journals
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The Boston Globe
Long-distance
04/06/1998: 635 words, approx. 2 pages
Philip Mannheim of the University of Connecticut thinks that Einstein may have made a mistake in his general theory of relativity. He has proposed a simple modification that holds that at very long distances, the behavior of gravity changes from what classic theory predicts....
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Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA
Going a long distance to run a long distance
07/29/2006: 887 words, approx. 3 pages
Conestoga Valley teacher Stacey Davis ran a marathon in Kenya - complete with wild animals and men with big guns. LOCAL SPORTS SPECIAL Running a marathon - all 26.2 heart-pumping, feet-burning miles of it - is one of the most demanding athletic...
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AP News
Long-distance commute OK for Beckham
8/23/2007: 301 words, approx. 1 pages
David Beckham flew back to America on Thursday after England lost to Germany and is committed to proving that his trans-Atlantic commute won't slow him down.Still getting over a lingering ankle injury, Beckham played a full game for England in Wednesday's 2-1 defeat at Wembley....
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AP News
Feisty Cheney fires long-distance shots
2/25/2007: 752 words, approx. 3 pages
Vice President Dick Cheney, in a series of blunt and sometimes biting statements during a visit to Asia, defended the Iraq war, attacked administration critics at home and warned that the U.S. would confront potential adversaries abroad.His visit was meant to thank Australia and Japan...
 


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