Word: glassing
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...compete for the public attention, to bring forth yet another work of this kind - to spend a book pondering, as Nan does, the question, "Do you have to live a literary life to produce literary work?" - is risky indeed. Ha Jin's demotic prose is as smooth as Windexed glass, but A Free Life lacks the dark, propulsive verve of his earlier work. And in the end, Nan Wu is little more than another entry in the world's brimming catalog of literary pretenders...
...Bowie Yau Sze-lai, sales associate Hong Kong city life is pretty diverse, so your night should be too. I'd start out in Kowloon with a glass of wine at Felix, tel: (852) 2315 3188. It's a beautiful bar that overlooks the harbor from the 28th floor of Hong Kong's oldest hotel, the Peninsula. After drinks, head to Hong Kong island and the colorful shopping district of Causeway Bay. This place is very busy most evenings, mostly with a younger crowd looking for the latest fashions and accessories. Try the Island Beverly Centre or Lee Theatre Plaza...
...obey. "They would kidnap all of us, put drills into the eyes of me and my son, but only after we had witnessed my wife and daughter being raped," he says. "Then they would kill all of us." The leader reached into his pocket and pulled out a small glass bottle. In it was a pair of round, bloodstained objects Adnan recognized at once: "Human eyeballs...
...quick turn in Harvard’s play set the tone for the rest of the game, as the Crimson clamped down on defense and outmuscled BU on the glass in the second frame...
Harvard shot a blistering 55.2 percent from the field in the first half, paced by junior guard Emily Tay’s touch from 15 feet, but a poor effort on the defensive glass and a series of turnovers gave the Terriers easy points in the opening frame...