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While “boda bodas” are ubiquitous up country, there they are often of the humbler bicycle variety. In the overcrowded capital, where virtually all operators cruise around on motorbikes, the passenger vehicle is an entirely different beast...
...Michael Lewis' books are normally the best at what they do. In Liar's Poker, he laid bare the freewheeling culture of Wall Street bond traders; in Moneyball, he broke down the statistical alchemy of managing a pro-baseball team. In his latest book, however, his subject is far humbler, and has much to be humble about. Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood is a memoir of Lewis' own first steps (and missteps) as a father - one who shirks diaper-changing, passes out drunk as his wife prepares to deliver their second child and ponders whether most...
...made available worldwide.”Much like a rare object on display at the Sackler, the Weissman Preservation Center is housed in a glass encasement on 90 Mt. Auburn Street, where curious commuters can observe a small group of scientists at work.But book preservation at Harvard had much humbler beginnings. The history of library conservation at Harvard University dates back to the 18th century, when Harvard’s library employed a single bookbinder. Though the Weissman Preservation Center has considerably expanded conservation efforts, it continues to operate on goals set by Charles William Eliot, Harvard?...
...Westerners who elect to stay need to lower their expectations. Ex-hedge fund manager Rudajev is adjusting to a humbler lifestyle. After his fund closed, he accepted a sales position at a Singapore-based stock brokerage for a modest salary. "We're not eating out as much," he says. "We're cutting back on holidays." Even so, he has decided not to pull his two children out of their international schools, and he still frequents the American Club sports bar, where the TV screens hanging from the ceiling blare more CNBC financial news than football or tennis. Most evenings...
...next, so they are funneled into Guilin's major restaurants, whose menus trumpet rice noodles - served with chicken, beef and even horsemeat - and Li River fish, though the latter is usually from a farm. But simpler fare, at much more down-to-earth prices, is available in humbler environs...