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...contrast to the previously proposed overhaul of the whole library, Handlin and Yen-Tsai Feng, librarian of Harvard College, continue to plan but with a new way of thinking about renovations: "If money turned up, what would we do first," When an anonymous donation came through, there was no question that a new copper roof should replace the leaky, old one which threatened to damage Widener's priceless collections...
...PARTY IS GROWING by leaps and bounds--Joe Restic has arrived, With Martin Kilson, Laurence Tribe, Yen-Tsai Feng and John Clive. A wave of the pen towards Douglas Marlette, Victor Kohutka and John Jenrette. A garland of holly for Stanislaw Baranczak, For William F. Buckley and also Burt Bachrach. In Cambridge we drink to the Sullivans' city--David's, Walter's, James's, and Al Vellucci's. Bottle upon bottle, we'll uncork the Veuve Clicquot And raise our glasses in the air for everyone we know. For A. Simone Reagor, Eugene Genovese, Lyndon Larouche and Aglaia Senese...
After a while, Michael says, "You see, in America I have no superstition. My business in America is run just the way you might expect. But here-there are maybe only 100 businessmen in Taiwan who still use feng shui, but I think it's best to do everything you can to make sure your business goes well. So I hire him. I believe him. And his father, he's even better. I hired him once before, but now he's getting too old to go around. It's strange--it's a family secret, passed down for years...
Dean Hsieh laughs again when I tell him Michael uses feng shui. "Maybe that is why he makes so much money! But I think--it's silly! He pays the feng shui, the geologist, so much money for each visit! But maybe it helps him because his older customers trust him more if he does it. Maybe he does it for them...
...tell Dean, who owns a small musical instrument factory in south Taiwan, that Michael has told me himself he believes in feng shui, that feels it. "I never feel anything. It's silly," Dean replies. Dean and Michael often gamble together, playing Mah Jong, which is technically illegal but extremely popular, the Chinese poker. Michael usually wins, Dean usually loses...