DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.07116.001 The itchy-scratchy misery of a chickenpox was until recently a rite of passage for children around the world.
At one point, he recounts his initial, completely unexpected response to an early passage in "Sailing Alone Around the World": "I stumbled on this run of language, bearing its load so easily, and the emotional burden it discharges so cunningly.
Explain that because "coming-of-age" ceremonies like the one featured in this article are among the most common rites of passage in most societies around the world, they will serve as the focus of this activity.
From 1896 to the late 1970's, the sisters lived in the Italianate-style house, gardening, playing the piano, painting and experiencing life's passages while the world modernized around them.
According to a report from the watchdog Freedom House, press freedom in 2014 was at its lowest point in 10 years, thanks to the passage of restrictive laws targeting media around the world.
That all changed with the publication of "Passages," which sold millions of copies around the world.
Dozens of English speakers from around the world speak the same brief passage in their different accents.
An international team led by researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, compared early-passage and late-passage versions of nine human ES cells lines obtained from labs around the world.
Jews around the world will be reading exactly that passage about an eye for an eye this Shabbat (Parashat Emor).
Also at the Museum of African Art is "Ethiopian Passages: Dialogues in the Diaspora," a show of Ethiopian artists from around the world.
