So the bad grades were one reason I quit English, but there was an-other reason, a bigger reason: I couldn't shake the feeling that there was something else I should be doing, something I hadn't tried or considered, something new and better.

NPR: Chapter 1

The oil sands are located in a region which, until this resource began to be exploited, was thinly populated and not considered useful for agriculture or much of anything else.

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