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Friends recalled many fond memories of Smith, and added that now they are starting to understand the reasons behind her decision...
...bookseller, travels to the U.S., friends pile on requests for American tomes. "I'm tired of being a camel," says Yu, 38, a native of Sichuan province, in southwestern China. So she is negotiating with American publishers to sell their books on Dangdang. Yu says Chinese readers are particularly fond of architecture and design books. The four-year-old company has continued its triple-digit sales growth and this year produced positive cash flow...
Dartboard is all about school spirit, but she would prefer not to ride into New Haven with “F*** Yale” across her chest. Nor is Dartboard particularly fond of our other options—t-shirts with lewd and/or violent images all over them. One t-shirt depicts the Yale bulldog kneeling in front of John Harvard, his face at level with our mascot’s crotch. Another portrays John Harvard straddling a bottle of vodka. Dartboard can just imagine the devout Puritan turning in his grave...
...they’re friends,” says Yan of the band’s stage props. “I really am fond of the owl, and if I’m struggling, I’ll go over and just try and stare it in the eyes. It makes me feel like I’m in a David Lynch film...
Just for a second, let’s try to see the argument from the presidents’ perspective. Their actions at this year’s Ivy Council of Presidents’ meeting seem to show that they’re not too fond of recruiting football players. That’s why they chose to increase the minimum Academic Index requirement—2/3 based on SAT scores and 1/3 based on class rank—that players need in order to be considered for acceptance. They also reduced the number of football players that can be recruited...