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...Ramchandra hates his job, hates his in-laws, hates Kathmandu and has lost his passion for the dutiful Goma. He is struck by Malati's erotic promise and within the space of a few pages the once somnambulant Ramchandra is shadowing his student to her squalid home. Upadhyay paints Ramchandra's fevered befuddlement perfectly as he tries to think through the unthinkable: "He had an urge to walk toward Tangal, knock on Malati's door and tell her not to come to his house anymore, that he could no longer tutor her. Or perhaps crawl into bed next...
...taken this conformity for granted until the girls asked their pair of questions on Saturday night. Then it struck me that, for a college that prides itself on its diversity, we look an awful lot like one another. Is it sloth that induces us to pull on our jeans and sweaters? Or is it something more menacing—peer pressure to conform? No, the kids at my high school sporting black, safety-pin-perforated clothing hadn’t been very clean, but they always had something interesting to say about civil liberties. In high schools like mine, clothing...
Married couples can also share pension plans and insurance benefits. In 1999, the Supreme Judicial Court struck down a policy that extended health benefits to partners of homosexual employees in Boston—ruling it violated the state’s legal definition of dependents because the couples were not actually married. By extending the legal definition of marriage, the state would eliminate the present discrimination...
...five classes this week because my professors have chosen to keep my classes in buildings that are being stricken,” Rosenberg said. “Even if there aren’t picket lines, I feel committed to not entering spaces that are being struck...
Starting from at least 10 feet behind her mark, Kaveney quickly closed the gap. After catching up, she viciously struck down at her opponent’s stick, knocking the ball loose and sending the Northwestern player flying to the ground...