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...occasionally overambitious; but like Bombay, its flaws are outweighed by its virtues. Chief among these is the way Chandra takes you inside the world of a Bombay cop. After reading the book, you'll swear you know precisely how to collect a bribe from a nightclub owner, how to count the money in a glance, and where to find the smart fellow who will shift the loot to a Swiss bank account. Rarely entirely honest or entirely rotten, Chandra's Bombay exists in a penumbra of moral ambiguity-which is why Sacred Games is one of the best novels about...
...gets downright interdisciplinary. He explores topics as diverse as religion (“I hope heaven got a V.I.P. line), philosophy (“C.T.E., that’s the label that pays me / I own that, so I pay myself) and, of course, economics (“Still count a quarter mill with my fuckin’ eyes closed / With a hand behind my back and a fuckin’ blindfold?...
...Like It, I Love It” at women’s. The band plays with gusto until play resumes once more, and the “sieve” cheer comes back to remind the opposing goalie just who has As the last seconds count down, the team emerges victorious. The drums roll off again into the band performing a Harvard fight song; the post-game concert lasts as long as the fans take to exit from the arena, ending with “Ten Thousand” and the alma mater, “Fair Harvard...
...count on it this time. Incoming majority leader Harry Reid insisted at a press conference that "there isn't a thing that's changed" as a result of Johnson's illness. But a family friend told TIME.com Thursday morning that Johnson's prognosis is unclear, adding: "The next 24 hours will be crucial...
...knowing,” the current proposal stresses connections between academic study and the real world. Many professors will now have to think about how to revamp some of their courses to fit the new model—particularly since the committee said the number of courses to count for general education “should be much larger than is the case with the Core.” “There needs to be some real principle for how these courses are shaped in the context of the Core,” religion professor Diana L. Eck, master...