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...slightly awkward and forced, as if these students who had just celebrated their 21st birthdays were play-acting themselves in 30 years, when they would be grinning at younger dancing partners, having again consumed (and spilled) one too many glasses of wine. With her bleached hair and fearsome tan, one dancer looked more “Girls Gone Wild” than Givenchy. Her partner was shimmying in his shiny shoes, but she only stumbled in a circle as he twirled her around. When he dipped her, her mouth gaped open in a smile. But slowly the jazz worked...
...stories of Asian immigration to America have formed a genre of their own. In the novels of Bharati Mukherjee or Amy Tan (to take two of its superstar practitioners), or in the works of lesser writers, the narrative often goes something like this: an immigrant family lands in America, pursuing economic or political freedom. Its members are dogged by battles to secure permanent residency and jobs commensurate with their sense of self-worth. As these take place, nostalgia builds for Asian traditions, from which the family's younger generations have begun to drift. Cross-cultural and cross-generational misunderstandings multiply...
...hundreds of children battling cancer, oncologist Charlotte Tan was a reason for hope. Her ceaseless work developing drug therapies over more than 40 years at New York City's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center helped establish alternative ways to treat illnesses ranging from leukemia to Hodgkin's disease and bone cancer. In one of her many lasting contributions to the field of oncology, Tan collaborated with Dr. Herbert Oettgen and others to discover that the enzyme L-asparaginase could be used to target and starve tumors in cancer patients...
...EVERYONE YOU KNOW: CEB finally landed a band that everyone is excited about—some because they know Wu-Tang’s music, others because they know they’re supposed to know Wu-Tang’s music. “Yeah, Wu-Tan Clan! I love those guys. Didn’t they have that song about a gravel quarry? And the Killing Bees! How could I forget. I always listen to them. OMG, I am so excited about this concert.” Currently listening to: “C.R.E.A.M...
...questions asked, no strings attached, no guilt involved.” Or, in other words, Nicollette Sheridan. Since spring break is done and gone, do the next best thing and reminisce with a beer and a bag of cheese puffs. You may not get a tan in Cambridge, but at least a good buzz is a sure thing. TAKE A SHOT… 1. Every time you see Desperate Housewife Nicollette Sheridan in a high-cut bikini. 2. When you realize that the Fonz is the executive producer. 3. Every time a character says, “A Sure Thing...