Word: belonged
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that Sidhwa's descriptions of the anxieties and emotions surrounding Bhutto's hanging and the return to military rule are flawed; in these scenes, one is reminded constantly of the tenuousness of the political situation in subcontinental countries. Rather, it is questionable whether these scenes belong in a book that is, for the most part, about Feroza's self-discovery in America's Midwest, particularly one that relies so heavily on her discovery of deodorant, frankfurters and other wonderfully American things...
...Mike and even asks his wife to use his new name in public. The reader understands Manek as the wonderstruck prototypical immigrant, eyes aglow in the land of plenty. This characterization becomes particularly difficult to digest when taking into account that Manek and Feroza, as well as Sidhwa, belong to the notoriously wealthy, sophisticated and Westernized Parsi community in Pakistan...
...BOTTOM LINE: New books that belong on the shelf of classics about surviving degradation with dignity and even humor...
...want to create an environment where all students feel like they belong. Students should be able to come to Harvard without fearing that they will not be accepted because of their sexuality," Giannino said. The resource center is a "crucial step for Harvard," he said...
...BOTTOM LINE: New books that belong on the shelf of classics about surviving degradation with dignity and even humor...