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Sometimes you have to wonder if everyone in India is writing a novel. In New Delhi, for instance, the roster of published novelists includes newspaper editors, gossip columnists, ex-bureaucrats, housewives, college teachers, advertising executives, a former Prime Minister and the present spokesman for the Ministry of External Affairs. A trip to the fiction section of any Indian bookstore will show that Indians are churning out novels like chapatis these days; shelf after shelf bursts with paperbacks telling of the alienation and loneliness of Indians who've moved to America, the depression and misery of Indians who haven...
...secret that the other players on the floor are not the ones Brown wanted. The original 2004 roster included such fundamentally gifted veterans as Jason Kidd, Kevin Garnett, Karl Malone, Ray Allen and Kobe Bryant, but each backed out, with excuses that varied in believability from a rape trial to security concerns to a hastily scheduled wedding. Instinctively, it seems that a team comprising Duncan, Allen Iverson and three lucky fans should be able to hang with Puerto Rico, but not only have other nations got significantly better at basketball--"There are no more blowouts to be had," says U.S.A...
...mother's disapproving eye to turn teens on to a more conservative, demure style. This summer, apparel manufacturers began churning out preppy brights, new denim styles, ballet slippers and other alternatives that appealed to teens. Magazines and retailers quickly embraced the change. At the same time, a growing roster of celebrities--from hip-hop star Jay-Z to actress and Miu Miu model Maggie Gyllenhaal--is sporting more polished looks. Young mallgoers followed their cues...
...with an overgrown buzz cut, came to the Guangdong Sports Technology Institute?one rung higher on the sports hierarchy than Weilun?as a fencer back in 1989. At last year's national games, he was the men's ?p?e champion. But he was left off this year's Olympic roster due to what he says are complex disputes between his home province of Guangdong and Jiangsu, which has the best provincial record in fencing and therefore first pick in forming the roster. So instead of heading to Athens, Xiao is spending this summer futilely training in Guangdong. Having spent more...
According to Director of Residential Computing Kevin S. Davis ’98, some of the incoming members from the Class of 2008 had their temporary housing assignments listed in their profiles, though the rooms on the web were not the finalized housing roster released in a mailing beginning...