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...first book he bought for Atlantic, which hired him in 2006 after he was fired from a job at Random House. The novel was shown to him by Adiga's agent, who insisted that he read it that night and make an almost instant decision about whether to bid for it. "I sat down with the manuscript and after the first six pages I was just so excited," Mirchandani said. "When you're reading a first novel, you're often thinking: 'This is fantastic, keep it up, keep it up' " - only to find the writer stumbles and falls. In Adiga...
...mind. He was stalked by a fear of the future - "of the innocent persons who would suffer" because of his losses. But when he hit the river, he was suddenly afraid of something clear and present. Fava had perspective, and he clung to a piling in a desperate bid to undo his decision...
...Citigroup lost its bid to merge with faltering bank Wachovia to Wells Fargo last week. The company will be one of the nine major banks to receive an injection of federal funds as part of the Bush administration’s $250-billion plan to rescue frozen credit markets...
Berlusconi's failed reelection bid in 2006 meant a two-year parenthesis of somewhat cooler Washington-Rome relations, as center-left Prime Minister Romano Prodi, an opponent of Bush's Iraq policy, came to power in Italy. By the time Prodi's government collapsed and Berlusconi returned to power last spring, Bush was already registering dismal approval ratings, and heading toward the lower rungs in the historians' presidential ratings game...
...quickly, it’s easy to defend.”Harvard’s best chance of the half came in the 18th minute. Sophomore midfielder Gina Wideroff collected a pass from Hagner about eight yards from goal, but her left-footed effort went wide.Freshman midfielder Patricia Yau bid for goal twice in the 40th minute, but both her efforts were saved by Murphy. The Crimson entered the break up 1-0. The opening minutes of the second half were much the same as the first, with Harvard holding more of the possession, but only managing the occasional chance...