Word: shan
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...Shan P. Patel...
Another character, called "you," is on a quest to reach Lingshan, "ling meaning spirit or soul, and shan meaning mountain." He, "you" is told, will find this place at "the source of the You River." Along the way, he meets a woman, called "she," who morphs throughout the book into many different women, sometimes married, sometimes not, who have in common a pronounced tendency to whine: "She says she never wants to grow up and yet she also wants to grow up. She wants to be loved, wants everyone to look at her, but she's afraid...
...free time on its hands if this tragedy of table waiting is the most important issue on its agenda. What kind of organization abuses its power to rouse accusations of discrimination simply because its co-chair had to wait for a table? Here's a little advice for Shan M. Chang: The next time you have to wait to be seated at Temple Bar, relax and have a drink instead of wasting this community's time with unfounded and irresponsible claims of discrimination. You may find that you enjoy sharing a pint with friends even more than you enjoy complaining...
...next day, Perng composed an e-mail message about the incident. She sent it to APALSA's new co-chair, Shan M. Chang...
After APALSA's own encounter with naked racial bigotry, the group's newly elected co-chair Shan M. Chang distributed an e-mail describing Temple Bar's disgraceful behavior. On behalf of her fellow victims she invited recipients of the e-mail to "join us in disavowing any patronage of an institution that treats a large group of Asian Pacific Americans with suspicion and distrust...