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...Their reasons for moving way out here are familiar. For some, it's proximity to work. The old Songjiang, the neighboring town, is heavily industrial, with a string of modern factories - many foreign-owned - that runs for miles. One friend, a guy I play basketball with at a gorgeous new public sports facility, is an engineer for SMIC, the large semiconductor company that has a plant not far away. This friend - I'll call him Yu Xiang - has a cousin he has visited who lives outside Los Angeles, and says that New Songjiang reminds him of the area...
...first round of the NCAA tournament. In between its two losses came 12 straight Ivy wins, including sweet revenge against Yale at home and an 18-point blowout of rival Dartmouth in its final regular-season game. While I can’t predict the future, I detect a familiar pattern in this year’s blossoming campaign. The 2008 “wakeup call,” as coach Kathy Delaney-Smith called it, came in the Crimson’s league opener against Dartmouth; it was a puzzling sight to see the Big Green celebrating at center...
...pleasure of your government. Surely, an American would be treated differently? An American abroad would no doubt be welcomed with open arms into the soft, sympathetic bosom of his nation’s consular services! Any national abroad, in fact, should surely expect a brotherly welcome from this familiar institution, this happy little chunk of America...
...protector and Paladin abroad. In Washington, cold-hearted lobbyists trade handshakes with spurious politicians and inhuman CIA agents in Gucci sunglasses listen coldly to our wire-tapped weekend plans. But abroad, by god, our government is there for us! It will fight for our life and liberty, smile a familiar smile in a foreign crowd, and be there with a hug and a cup of tea when it all goes wrong...
McDonald played a key role in her team’s victory this time around as well, racking up two assists against the Terriers, a team she was more familiar with than her teammates, having faced them in Hockey East play last season...