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...generation come up with new terms and new ways to promote the same offensive expressions? -C. Videgain, Brooklyn, N.Y.I hope so. I hope there will always be an outlet for pain in these communities. It's something we have to address...
...this past March was our 30th one, and it was the first one after the movie. We had a 40 percent increase in attendance in one year. I have had to move the event for 2008 because we simply cannot fit into that hotel anymore. We are going to Brooklyn next year. 6.FM: Do you have a favorite English word of the day?WS: Well I have a favorite English word of all time. The word is U-C-A-L-E-G-O-N. It’s a neighbor whose house is on fire. It doesn?...
...titular country in search of his father’s love, a U.S. visa, excessive amounts of exotic food, and eventually, his own identity. After reading aloud an excerpt about Misha’s first trip to New York and circumcision, at age 18, in a seedy Brooklyn home surrounded by Hasidic strangers, Shteyngart shared stories of the trauma of his own immigration. “I came here in the early 80s, or I guess late 70s-early 80s, which was a terrible time to be a Russian immigrant,” he said. “Being...
...consequence other than being something the two of us could laugh triumphantly about on the walk home.I know that I was inducted into the National Honor Society sometime near the end of high school. I remember winning the silver medal in the 55-meter hurdles at the CHSAA Brooklyn-Queens sophomore championships with a time of 9.6 seconds. I remember that there were only four other runners, that the only good one was the kid who beat me by over a second, and that it didn’t matter because I was taking home hardware for the first time...
...sentiment was registered when he proclaimed in 2003 that he was “far from a Harvard student,” isn’t a believer. Maybe so, but I’m willing to bet that the Crimson makes it to the postseason sooner than the Brooklyn Nets. Show me what...