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These practices date all the way back to Machiavelli's 16th Century The Prince, (and likely before) which wasn't published widely until four or so years after his death. Three centuries later, a trio of Jane Austen novels - Northanger Abbey, Persuasion and Love and Friendship - were released after the Pride and Prejudice author's death in 1817. Charles Dicken's final novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, remains unfinished; readers will never know what happened to its vanished main character. For a while, a mini-cottage industry arose around posthumous books by Ernest Hemingway - bullfighting tome The Dangerous Summer...
...Asian males usually wouldn't be considered very high in the pecking order...supposedly all the Asian girls want to date the white guys," Chu mused, citing the stereotype of the Asian girl-white boy pairing. "It was great to see these guys come out and be ridiculous and be overly masculine...
That's a view that infuriates activists like Yanar Mohammed, who heads the Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq. "Let me take her to the nightclubs of Damascus and show her [trafficked] women by the thousands," she says. To date, the government has not prosecuted any traffickers. And for the past year it has prevented groups like Mohammed's from visiting women's prisons, where they have previously identified victims, many of whom are jailed for acts committed as a result of being trafficked, such as prostitution or possessing forged documents...
...knighthood, Kennedy will not be granted the title of “Sir,” as he is not a British citizen. Kennedy will also likely receive his award from the British ambassador to the United States, rather than Queen Elizabeth II, who knights only British subjects. A date for the ceremony has not yet been set, Pickerill said. Brown, who is currently visiting the U.S., announced Kennedy’s award during a speech before a Joint Meeting of Congress. “I hope that you will allow me to single out for special mention today...
also, did anyone ever stop to think that it's possible this "contest" is simply a way for Wellesley asians to snag themselves an asian ivy-leaguer. I know that, culturally, many asians are pressured by their parents to date within their race, and it just seems like this sort of event perpetuates that kind of close-mindedness. and i really don't think this is strictly an asian stereotype--it's common within many races/ethnicities/religions...