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Where to find you on a Saturday night: In the alley outside the party having a cigarette...
...take long to realize that this was no routine mission. Minutes after Makwakwa's humvee pulled out of Camp Liberty last December, bad news crackled over the radio: a supply convoy of six 18-wheel trucks was ambushed at Checkpoint 50, a freeway cloverleaf that is a notorious shooting alley for insurgents. Makwakwa, a bright, fit New Orleans native, handles medical logistics for the U.S. 10th Mountain Division--the kind of deskbound job often assigned to women G.I.s. Now she found herself wearing a first-aid kit on her belt, gripping an M-4 rifle and crawling on her stomach...
...Buja's Diary also has a greater variety of scenes than The Push Man, taking place alternately in the country or city, in modern times and in years past. The lovely opening story, "The Little Alley Watcher," sets the tone for the rest of the book. Drawn in a painterly palate of grey washes, it depicts a little girl alone on a countryside hill overlooking an empty hut. O builds the lonely and distressing atmosphere through quiet panels of hanging laundry, a dog pulling desperately on its chain and an ant hauling a dead butterfly across the ground. Eventually...
...BOHEMIA The location, down an alley a short walk from Vie, could be better, but the food couldn't. Bohemia, tel: (91-22) 2610 1845, is possibly the only place in India to offer amuse bouches as a matter of course. There's more crustacean in the crab cakes than seems wise at these prices ($5), and the steak and kingfish get rave reviews. Chandeliers, high-backed chairs and a good wine list: can this really be Bombay...
...wasted little time returning to form. After a team-high 19 points against Wyoming on Dec. 19, Hopkins hit three first half three-pointers and racked up 13 points against the Crimson. He finished with four assists, the most electrifying coming on a first half alley-oop to Derrick Roberts...