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...always been well-known and respected for her tremendous literary knowledge across all genres,” said former Crimson President Erica K. Jalli ’05. “She was a standout talent in our Crimson guard, combining dry wit with a highly cerebral style...
...beans with "fish fragrant sauce" ("actually pickled chili, ginger, garlic, spring onion, vinegar and sugar," explains Dunlop). Segue to a mesmerizing array of delicate dumplings (the wrappers are made fresh each day in the kitchen and are fetchingly dyed with juices of spinach, red cabbage and other vegetables). A standout dish is rou jia mo: springy homemade flatbread that is filled with cumin-scented beef and served warm in tiny folded-paper parcels...
When the outlandish stock-market events of 2009 are tallied up, the initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong of Chinese herbal shampoo maker Bawang International will be a standout. Within 10 minutes of the June 22 opening of the subscription period for shares, one local brokerage, Bright Smart Securities, was swamped with the equivalent of $129 million in orders. In all, the shampoo company received more than $9 billion in orders from Hong Kong retail investors for an IPO that initially sought to raise just $215 million...
DIED After 12 seasons as a standout power forward in the NBA, Wayman Tisdale, 44, turned to music. Tisdale, whose first love was the guitar, embarked on a stellar second act as a chart-topping bass player...
...straight matches to claim the Binghamton Brute Open title at 184 lbs, earning a top-10 ranking that would remain all season.But the junior was just getting started. Caputo led the Crimson in wins with a 34-8 record—the fifth-most victories in Harvard history. The standout also notched his 103rd career victory, vaulting him to fourth all-time with his senior season still ahead.“Louis has worked so hard,” junior co-captain J.P. O’Connor said. “Taking a semester off is really tough...