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Perhaps, the idea of e-mail as a mental vacation explains the rabid mob that descends into the Science Center basement after every class. High-strung premeds pour out of Science Center B and down the stairs, mingling with the zombie-like Core crowd filling in from Memorial Hall. Once there, they jockey for seats, of which there never seem to be enough...
...sensitivity with which Sidhwa describes the modern fabric of the American landscape reassures us that another rendering of this story is warranted as long as America changes and does not remain a static arena into which the dispossessed pour. Feroza's uncle, Manek, brings her to Cambridge, where he is a student at MIT, after giving her a whirlwind tour of New York. Sidhwa's account of Harvard Square is especially appropriate considering that the Boston area has become the definitive American landscape in which many of these `new' immigrants--foreign students--are finding themselves. The glimpse of Feroza sitting...
...weirdest thing he ever ate: I had curdled blood in Chinatown. It was really good. It tasted like crimson tofu. It curdles in clumps and they chop it into cubes and then pour scallions and oyster sauce over...
...forces turned to the task of breaking a blockade imposed on the Georgian capital of Tbilisi by Gamsakhurdia's rebels, the Abkhazians struck again. Two weeks ago, fighters launched a ferocious attack on Sukhumi. Within 48 hours, surprise had enabled them to seize the heights overlooking the city and pour artillery, mortars and missiles down on the civilian population...
Although she said she was sorry to leaveDunster, Volpp "chose to resign because I justfelt in order to function at 100 percent in thatsituation I would have to pour in 200 percent ofenergy. It is a very unstable environment...