It focused on the relationship between the homesick alien and a young boy, Elliott, played by Henry Thomas.

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And they will not be able to receive surprise presents, like special cookies or favorite movies, which are often brought to the space station on supply shuttles when someone starts feeling homesick or maybe a little blue.

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Most of these broadcast-partners lack the know-how or capital to pump their own signals over the Internet, so they're happy to have JumpTV install the gear and give them access to a homesick audience hungry for news and entertainment in their native languages.

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At the time of the tour, Dylan had already recorded an album, half electric and half acoustic, called Bringing It All Back Home, and had released a rock and roll single called "Subterranean Homesick Blues" which pointed his work in a whole new direction.

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The English-speaking eighth-grader has been in the U.S. for almost a month now, with his parents, and said he was only "just a little" homesick.

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Homesick ex-pats might want a glimpse of familiar people and scenes.

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This includes telling children that homesickness is normal, encouraging them to write letters to home, arranging a practice time away from home and telling them to talk to staff if they feel homesick.

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