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In chapter 18, Michael Shale enrolls at the University of Iowa. The University of Iowa (also known as the UI, U of I, or simply Iowa) is a public research university in Iowa City, Iowa. Founded in 1847, Iowa is … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: March 2016
In Chapter 18, the book Methuselah’s Children is mentioned, for the second time in The Smart Kid. See this earlier post about the book: http://chrysalischronology.com/blog/archives/332 … Continue reading
From chapter 18: “Pick who you want. Oh, except for one person. The director of DR&E wants to put someone on the committee. I owe him a favor, so I’m passing it off to you,” the chairman said, as he … Continue reading
From chapter 18: Senator John Perkins sat in an office with the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee in early September, 1958. (The chairman to Senator Perkins:) “Well, anyway, in honor of your father, I’m appointing you to the … Continue reading
From chapter 18: Senator John Perkins sat in an office with the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee in early September, 1958. The Committee on Armed Services (sometimes abbreviated SASC for Senate Armed Services Committee on its Web site) … Continue reading
From chapter 18: She opened the new Frigidaire refrigerator with the ‘separate across-the-top food freezer’, as the salesman from the department store had described it, and removed a tin of ice cream. I found an ad for Frigidaire refrigerators that … Continue reading
When Michael Shale is starting his first day of sixth grade, he thinks that he wants to be ” a person who helped people, maybe a scientist or someone like Doctor Kildare from the radio show.” Doctor Kildare was a … Continue reading
In chapter 17, Charleen borrows the secretary’s car, a green Ford Pinto, so that she won’t be noticed when she drives away from the school. The Ford Pinto has a checkered history. From Wikipedia: In 1977 the National Highway Traffic … Continue reading
Greg and Karen Urban are two students in foster care. In chapter 1 of The Smart Kid, Tom Howardson is being chased by government men using a van labeled Child Welfare Services, which is another name for the social services … Continue reading
From chapter 14 of The Smart Kid: They walked up the stairs to apartment 242. Matt unlocked the door and allowed Charleen to enter first, bringing back the memories of their previous day: all the revelations, the unbelievable stories he’d … Continue reading