Word: poon
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...Singapore-born and San Francisco-based writer Wena Poon is nevertheless banking on the continuing appeal of émigré literature with a debut collection of short stories that takes as its theme the Singaporean diaspora. Given that the latter has been so infrequently explored, Lions in Winter has a greater chance of being fresh than a comparable Chinese or Indian work - but instead, it lapses, at least in part, into the clichés that bedevil stories of Asian deracination...
...that relatively small surcharge hardly seems sufficient to overcome the seductive pull of casinos and their multimillion-dollar marketing budgets. "The gambling industry is so big," says Poon Yan-chi, director of the Macau center where Tan delivers his PowerPoint presentations on the evils of gambling. "It's like David and Goliath." David sometimes wins. But that...
...suck for the five people who care…Something Harvard should care about: Paris is doing Harvard. The when and where is not clear, but when the dust clears, she’ll be table-dancing at the ’Poon…No poon was had by one foolish senior last weekend, when he missed his chance to score one of Florida’s richest bitches due to incessant cuddling with his straight male roommate…SPOTTED: Spurned sorority girl rigging costume contest at Halloween party to deny her ex, who attended with another member...
...Skype video call showing Braff on a trampoline outside the ’Poon Castle soon appeared on a Brattle screen...
...compilation of his best pieces over the last five years, some of which were first published in the Lampoon—he only has one year to complete it.As for the rest of his time spent at Harvard and away from the ‘Poon, Rich—who concentrated in English—enthusiastically admits that he loved his time and classes here.“I took a lot of religion classes at Harvard. I love it. They were my favorite classes,” he says. “My favorite professor at Harvard was Professor...