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...Africans she studies) she lacks food—and she is stumbling down this long, paisley-print carpet with a precarious glass of red wine.Lest I erroneously draw myself out of this Orientalist mis-en-scène, I should mention that I am presently ensconced in a Queen Anne chair, accompanied by a steady stream of gin and tonics, brought to me by a breathtaking member of D.C.’s Ethiopian community who I’ve shamelessly been flirting with, utilizing all of the several Amharic words I know.Welcome to the absurd world of African Studies...
...Britain. And unlike most competitors, it won't accept bets from places where online wagering is illegal, including the U.S. Indeed, it doesn't actually book bets; rather, it matches up bettors, for a fee. The strategy has won it plaudits at home, including an award for enterprise from Queen Elizabeth. And it enabled the company to attract Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley as financial advisers--a coup, given the nervousness of big U.S. banks about taking on clients in the offshore online-gaming sector...
...year largely because of her involvement in online pornography and her investment in a company that made adult videos--activities that, ironically, have fewer legal encumbrances than gambling. But by the time she joined up with Dikshit and Bhargava, she had severed those ties. "She's not a porn queen. She's an entrepreneur," Bhargava told TIME...
India and Pakistan are not currently at war, but last year, nationals representing each country got the chance to duke it out—on television. Participants representing each country competed in extreme sports challenges like diving into frigid harbors and battling packs of queen bees...
...point, Yadav’s partner refused to participate in a challenge in which 12 queen bees were attached to contestants, attracting the rest of their hive. Yadav stepped up to the plate, shirtless, to gain extra points...