The thing that caught my eye about U.S.! was the blurb on the back cover from Heidi Julavits, who was at Dartmouth when I was there. I am not sure if I ever actually met or even saw her in the flesh, but I do remember always hearing people refer to her by her nickname, "Heidi the '90." (She was also at the center of my now infamous toast of Bill Chisholm the night before Graduation, although it really had nothing to do with her at all.) I saw her first novel, The Mineral Palace, briefly noted in Briefly Noted, and read it on the floor of the bathroom of our little bungalo one night when I couldn't sleep on a trip to Little Cayman. Alexandra was two at the time, and I remember thinking to myself, at the end of the book, that I bet she (as in Heidi Julavits) doesn't have kids. Which is not really a criticism of the book, which I thought was good; but it's the kind of thing I could have seen myself come up with (although obviously not as good) when I was in college or law school, or whatever, but not after Alexandra was born. I don't think I can explain it, really, but, while I wouldn't call the plot "unrealistic", it's hard for me to imagine the desire to write that type of story. Which is perhaps the genius of it. In any event, I really enjoyed The Effect of Living Backwards. Although, again, I assumed, at the end of the book, that she did not have any kids, (this time on grounds of "realism"), I liked the structure, loved most of the dialogue, and thought it was a really poingant reflection of what it means to be a sister, so much so, in fact, that I gave it to one of my sisters. Anyway, back to U.S.! I thought it was pretty much crap.

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>From PayPal:
"Dear Member, it has come to our attention that there is a PayPal scheme
floating around at the moment you may have heard or seen the $6 scheme.
You may have even taken part in it well we have been asked a lot of
questions about this scheme the answer is yes it does work and yes it
is safe to use providing you follow the rules it is legal and has made
a big hit on the internet this year. If you would like to take part in
this scheme or would like a bit more information then please see the
attached file that was kindly donated to us. Thank you for using PayPal!

"TURN $6 INTO $15,000 IN ONLY 30 DAYS...HERES HOW!
You have most likely seen or heard about this project on TV programs
such as 20/20 and Oprah, or you may have read about it in the Wall
Street Journal. If not, here it is below - revealed to you in
step-by-step detail. This program is by no means new. It has been in
existence in many forms for at least a decade. But in the early days, it
required a lot more time and effort, as well as an investment of a few
hundred dollars.

However, thanks to PayPal and the Internet, the investment is now
virtually ZERO! And what's more, the entire process is FASTER, EASIER,
and MORE LUCRATIVE than it has EVER been!

Below is the email sent to me: How to Turn $6 into $15,000 in 30 Days
with PayPal I WAS SHOCKED WHEN I SAW HOW MUCH MONEY CAME FLOODING INTO MY PAYPAL ACCOUNT

I turned $6 into $14,706 within the first 30 days of operating the
business plan that I am about to reveal to you free of charge. If you
decide to take action on the following instructions, I will GUARANTEE
that you will enjoy a similar return! STILL NEED PROOF? Here are just 3
testimonials from the countless individuals who decided to invest
nothing more than $6 and half an hour of their time to participate in
this program:

"What an amazing plan! I followed your instructions just 3 weeks ago,
and although I haven't made 15 grand yet, I'm already up to $9,135. I'm
absolutely gob smacked." -Pam Whittemore , Ohio

"Well, what can I say?... THANK YOU SO MUCH! I sent 40e-mail's out like
you said and then I just forgot about the whole thing. To be honest, I
didn't really think anything would come of it. But when I checked my
paypal account a week later, there was over $5,000 in it! After 30 days
I now have over $11,000 to spend! I can't thank you enough!"-Juan
Tovar, NY,NY

"I was shocked when I saw how much money came flooding into my paypal
account. Within 3 weeks my account balance has ballooned to $12,449. At
first I thought there had been some sort of error with my account!"
-Richard Barrie , Boulder, CO

The only things you will need are: An email address. A Business PayPal
account with at least $6 deposited init, and just 15 to 30 minutes of
your time.

This program takes just half an hour to set up. After that, there is
absolutely no work whatsoever to do on your part. You have absolutely
NOTHING to lose, and there is NO LIMIT to the amount of income you can
generate from this one single business program. Let's get started, just
follow the instructions exactly as set out below and then prepare
yourself for a HUGE influx of cash over the next 30 days!

Here's what you need to do. . .REQUIREMENTS
#1) an email address
#2) a Premier or Business PayPal account

STEP #1 - Setting up your FREE PayPal Account It's extremely safe and
very easy to set up a FREE PayPal account! Copy and paste this to the
address bar "https://www.paypal.com" (notice the secure "https" within
the link)

Be sure to sign up for a free PREMIER or BUSINESS account (and not just
a PERSONAL account) otherwise you won't be able to receive credit card
payments from other people.

STEP #2 - Sending PayPal money "It is an undeniable aw of the universe
that we must first give in order to receive."Now all you have to do is
send $1.00 by way of PayPal to each of the six email addresses listed
below. Make sure the subject of the payment says... *PLEASE PUT ME ON
YOUR EMAIL LIST* (this keeps the program100% legal.. so please don't
forget!). IF YOU FAIL TO DO THIS YOU ARE ACTING ILLEGALLY. Note: (If
you do not see the full email address for the 6 members, just hit reply
To this email and they will show up.)

(Just in case you still haven't opened your PayPal account yet, use
this link to open one in your name),"https://www.paypal.com"

#1) reesefork@yahoo.com
#2) artofficial@grics.net
#3) Allee2241@yahoo.com
#4) huntniki@hotmail.com
#5) thakidd843@cs.com
#6) abdihussein2007@yahoo.com

Remember, all of this is ABSOLUTELY LEGAL! You are creating a service!
If you have any doubts, please refer to Title 18 Sec.1302 & 1241 of the
United States Postal laws.

STEP #3 - Adding Your Email Address.
After you send your six $1.00 payments, it's your turn to add your
email address to the list! Take the #1) email off the list that you see
above, move the other addresses up one (6 becomes 5 & 5 becomes 4, etc)
then put YOUR email address (the one used in your PayPal account) as
#6) on the list.**MAKE SURE THE EMAIL YOU SUPPLY IS EXACTLY AS IT
APPEARS IN YOUR PAYPAL ACCOUNT.**

STEP #4 - The Pure Joy of Receiving PayPal Money! You are now ready to
post your copy of this message, to at least 200 newsgroups, message
boards, etc. (I think there are close to 32,000 groups)All you need is
200, but remember, the more you post, the more money you make - as well
as everyone else on the list! In this situation your job is to let as
many people see this letter as possible. So they will make you and me
rich!!!! You can even start posting the moment your email is confirmed.
Payments will still appear in your PayPal account even while your bank
account is being confirmed.

HOW TO POST TO NEWSGROUPS & MESSAGE BOARDS
Step #1) You do not need to re-type this entire letter to do your own
posting. Simply put your CURSOR at the beginning of this letter and drag
your CURSOR to the bottom of this document, and select 'copy' from the
edit menu. This will copy the entire letter into your computer's
temporary memory.

Step #2) Open a blank 'Notepad' file and place your cursor at the top
of the blank page. From the 'Edit' menu select 'Paste'. This will paste
a copy of the letter into notepad so that you can add your email to the
list.

Step #3) Save your new Notepad file as a .txt file. If you want to do
your postings in different sittings, you'll always have this file to go
back to.

Step #4) Use Netscape or Internet Explorer and try searching for various
newsgroups, on-line forums, message boards, bulletin boards, chat
sites, discussions, discussion groups, online communities, etc.

EXAMPLE: go to any search engine like yahoo.com, google.com,
altavista.com, excite.com - then searchwith subjects like ?millionaire
message board? or ?money making message board? or?opportunity message
board? or ?money making discussions? or ?business bulletin board? or
?moneymaking forum? etc. You will find thousands &thousands of message
boards. Click them one by one then you will find the option to post a
new message.

Step #5) Visit these message boards and post this article as a new
message by highlighting the text of this letter and selecting 'Paste'
from the 'Edit' menu. Fill in the Subject, this will be the header that
everyone sees as they scroll thru the list of postings in a particular
group, click the post message button. You're done with your first
one! Congratulations! THAT'S IT!! All you have to do is jump to
different newsgroups and post away.

After you get the hang of it, it will take about 30 seconds for each
newsgroup! REMEMBER, THE MORE NEWSGROUPS AND/OR MESSAGE BOARDS YOU POST
IN, THE MORE MONEY YOU WILL MAKE!! BUT YOU HAVE TO POST A MINIMUM OF
200**That's it! You will begin receiving money within days!**JUST MAKE
SURE THE EMAIL YOU SUPPLY IS EXACTLY AS IT APPEARS ON PAYPAL.**$$$$$
NOW THE WHY PART: Out of 200 postings, say I receive only 5 replies (a
very low example). So then I Made $5.00 with my email at #6 on the
letter.

Now, each of the 5 persons who just sent me $1.00 make the MINIMUM 200
postings, each with my email at #5 and only 5 persons respond to each
of the original 5, that is another $25.00 for me,

now those 25 each make 200MINIMUM posts with my email at #4 and only 5
replies each, I will bring in an additional $125.00!

Now, those 125 persons turn around and post the MINIMUM 200 with my
email at #3 and only receive 5replies each, I will make an additional
$625.00!

OK, now here is the fun part, each of those 625 persons post a MINIMUM
200 letters with my email at #2 and they only receive 5 replies that
just made me $3,125.00!!! Those3,125 persons will all deliver this
message to 200newsgroups with my email at #1 and if still 5 persons per
200 newsgroups react I will receive $15,625.00!With an original
investment of only $6.00! AMAZING!!

When your email is no longer on the list, you just take l latest posting
in the newsgroups, and send out another $6.00 to emails on the list,
putting your email at number 6 again. And start posting again. The thing
to remember is, thousands of people all over the world are joining the
internet and reading these articles everyday, JUST LIKE YOU are now!!

Remember there is nothing to stop you copying and pasting this into an
email to send to your friends and family with your name at #6. That way
you will easily get recruits below you and I'm sure they will be
forever grateful for the opportunity you are providing them with.

Alternatively you can always paste this program into your own
website. There are loads of ways you can get your own domain free these
days and some really good free web advertising systems for you to get
involved in. Just do a search for them on google.

So can you afford $6?? And see if it really works?? I think so? People
have said, what if the plan is played out and no one sends you the
money? So what are the chances of that happening when there are tons of
new honest users and new honest people who are joining the internet and
newsgroups everyday and are willing to give it a try? Estimates are at
20,000 to 50,000 new users, every day, with thousands of those joining
the actual Internet.

Remember, play FAIRLY and HONESTLY and this will work. This really
isn't another one of those crazy scams! As long as people follow through
with sending out $6.00,it works!

With warm wishes, bless you and your loved ones,
"https://www.paypal.com"$$$$$ REMEMBER, IT IS 100% LEGAL! DON'T PASS THIS
UP!