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...Robert Baer, a former CIA field officer assigned to the Middle East, is the author of See No Evil and, most recently, the novel Blow the House Down
...turned diamond smuggler who works with both warlords and an international diamond corporation. He gets into a scrape and needs to find a huge pink diamond hidden by a fisherman in forced servitude to said warlords. And he meets a gorgeous crusading journalist who knows he can help her blow the story wide open. Along the way, many unromantic acts are perpetrated in the pursuit of the gemstones...
...arguments are rock solid. For example, he laments the stupidity of labeling all of India's diverse Muslim groups as fundamentalists, yet he brushes off the threat from Islamic fanaticism too casually. Its reach may still be miniscule within India, but it is spreading, and the terrorists who blow up trains in Bombay are at least as great a threat to India's economic future as any that Luce lists. For the most part, though, In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India is an exceptional book, and that's because its author is unusual...
...Harvard men’s hockey team gave up two early goals to Brown (2-2-2, 1-1-1 ECAC) and let a 27-15 shot advantage go to waste in Friday night’s 2-1 home loss to the Bears. Adding to the blow of the first period were a lackluster second frame and a third in which Harvard (2-5-0, 1-5-0 ECAC) applied all the pressure but came away with nothing to show for it. “It was a horrible first period, and it cost us the game...
...It’s always nice to beat a team that dismantled you in years past,” co-captain Jason Degnan-Rojeski said. “Last year, we weren’t expecting to lose at all, so the loss to Columbia definitely came as a blow.” Harvard won 10 of 16 events, including both relays, to improve its record to 3-1 overall, while Columbia dropped to 1-2 on the season. Top swimmers once again led the way for the Crimson, as Degnan-Rojeski, juniors Sam Wollner and Geoff Rathgeber, and sophomore...