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...back to the cover. Mukherjee’s publisher seems to be drawing on the popularity of the exotic and on the willingness of the American public to shell out at even the suggestion of a curry-flavored tale. Assistant Professor of English and American Language and Literature Sharmila Sen has commented that books by Indian authors get placed on Literature shelves rather than in Fiction sections. Desirable Daughters has been coached to play this role. The saris on the cover seek to entice those readers seeking a little spice. The requisite quote from Amy Tan, the goddess...
...much as 200 feet, we have to look ahead of us closely and sweep the way clear always wondering, where's our enemy?" Air support often proves decisive. "These massive bombs are dropped and when we advance again the tunnel mouths are sealed and they can't shell us anymore," says one soldier. Success is coming one rock at a time. Says one weary Afghan soldier riding a truck back to Gardez, "They are fighting to the death, it's what they want...
Hardly the place, one might think, to shell out $350 for a 2-oz. shot of Cuervo Original 1800 Coleccion tequila or savor, as Michael Javaherian did the other night, two small pitchers of margaritas at $115 each. "I'll look at the bill later," he said, as his two colleagues, geologists at an engineering company, raved about the "buttery taste" and "subtlety" of the oak barrel-aged liquor, enlivened only with fresh lime juice and a dash of Triple Sec. "It goes down easy," explained Jacob Henry, who recently got a $300 bottle of Herradura Seleccion Suprema...
...choreographically challenged, learning to dance in public around real people at real parties may inspire fear-induced elbow-jerking or the yearning to shell out $19.99 for “Darrin’s Dance Grooves.” Darrin Henson, a self-proclaimed “dynamic dancer,” peddles his video on late-night infomercials, promising to teach all the hottest dance moves step by step. The dynamic Henson is a faculty member in the department of hip-hop at Broadway Dance Center in New York and the winner of several MTV Video Music Awards...
Taxi, UC shuttle or T to Logan? I bet she takes the T. I doubt she’d shell out the money for a cab, usually, and I don’t know a thing about the UC shuttle...