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...least twitch of non-conformity, he burned all of his early writing as a precaution. This sacrifice didn't save him from being exiled to the countryside for "reeducation." Despite the hardship and the risk, he kept writing in secret, burying his manuscripts in jars of potter's clay each night. He did it because he had no other choice. "Writing was the only way to relieve my loneliness...
...over low mountains; a sword point that slo-mo slices through drops of water; lovers curled into each other, sleeping under red silk; a sword fight in a grove of golden leaves that turn red, plum, magenta and fall like fat confetti; soldiers squatting in a circle, caked in clay; a gray landscape of dunes daubed with Cheung's turquoise gown...
...Clay Bischoff, a national champion sailor and co-captain of the Harvard squad, also excels in economics. Bischoff aspires to be the General Manager or President of a pro team...
...years, Ford Jr. is only one of the aggressive young politicians to emerge from a budding black political dynasty. His colleagues in the House include Chicago's Jesse Jackson Jr. (with whom Ford attended St. Albans, the prestigious Washington prep school that also produced Gore); Missouri's William Lacy Clay, whose father, William Clay, dominated the same district in St. Louis for a generation; and Florida's Kendrick Meeks, who just won a Miami district vacated by his mother, Carrie Meeks. "There were three things we had no choice about doing when we were growing up," Ford Jr. recalls...
...Young (Stevenson-Moore, Neundorfer), 10:16. P, Own (Fitzpatrick), 12:18. H, Fried (Pettit, Welch), 19:13 (ENG). Shots: H 17-16-13 46, P 3-3-4 10. Powerplay: H 1-6, P 0-6. Goalies: H Daigneau (10-7), P Leroux (16-14), P Clay (17-15), P Nomeland...