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...property developments. After a splendid meal - with an envelope of cash "for your troubles" - Dan has a revelation: all he needs to continue this charmed life is a fake business card and a nonexistent website. Thus begins Dan's career in journalism - and Geling Yan's shark-fin-sharp satire on cuisine and corruption in contemporary China. The Banquet Bug, which won enthusiastic reviews in the U.S. this summer, is now being published in Britain with greater fanfare and a more appetizing title, The Uninvited. It is the first book written in English by Yan, a Shanghai-born novelist...
...relative success in non-league action. “This game is for the Ivy league championship—we have to make sure we are not going to underestimate the team,” junior goalie Adam Hahn said. “We are just going to get sharp, make sure everyone is focused and hopefully we will come out and crush Columbia.” While the Lions haven’t won a single Ivy game yet, every league game they have lost has only been by one goal. Columbia has yet to be crushed...
...James P. Sharp ’07, the other HoCo chair, said Quincy residents have often complained that their dining hall gets so crowded that they cannot find a seat for lunch or dinner...
...general we are proud of being open to everyone. There are 19 other meals in a week when people can come enjoy Quincy,” Sharp said. “We think this night will be a really nice compromise...
...access cards that activated the machines, which were made by Omaha's ES & S. Drake says she should have caught the problem in the pre-election test runs. "It was human error both on their end and my end," she notes. Not every county will have an auditor as sharp-eyed as Drake--or an outcome as transparently false as the one she uncovered. "We were just plain lucky," she says...