Word: mastering
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...novel--which opens in 1950s Singapore--is a fictional account of the life of Han, a girl sold into slavery at the tender age of five by her impoverished mother. Almost immediately upon her arrival at the House of Wu, Han befriends the young master, also a child, like herself, who kindly tends to her when she throws tantrums at the loss of her mother. Over the years, their friendship blossoms, and when the two become adolescents, Han falls in love with Master Wu. Although their class differences force her to internalize her passion, she vehemently resists the assaults...
...representation of the greater, untapped power within Han herself: in the epilogue of the book the reader discovers that numerous miracles have taken place near the pond where Han saw her demise. As further proof of her immortality, in a tiny shack on the property, the Master Wu awaits the day when the "Goddess with Eyes and Ears" will return...
...fancy with you sweet smelling leather/Smooth like silk you could be rough like a feather." Obviously, these are not some of the most insightful comments on romanticism and relationships between the sexes, but he manages to carry it off without seeming ridiculous or oversexed. Shaggy is a master at setting the mood, and the listener might as well accept that the mood is sultry, sexy and slightly sycophantic...
Born in New York, Shapiro pursued his college education at Cornell University before transferring to Harvard, where he obtained a master's and a doctorate, both in physics...
Think of an old-dark-house party catered by Noel Coward. A place as creepy as the Pascals' needs a virgin sacrifice, and that would be Lesly (Tori Spelling), a waitress engaged to the young master of the house, Jackie-O's twin Marty (Josh Hamilton). He's halfway between normal and nuts, while Jackie lives in lunacy as if it were the garden room at high tea. Her favorite delusion is that she is Jacqueline Kennedy on the day of her husband's death. She's just a bit confused about the identity of the assassin...