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...Roza gives Chris the adventure he craves, her stories sparking what he calls a "buzzing in my groin." She speaks of her tough upbringing in Belgrade with her one-eyed father, a decorated communist hero who cut off the fingers of several Croats. She becomes the counterpoint to everything middle-class and politically correct, comparing Albanians to apes and taunting Chris with accounts of her sexual exploits. He breathes in every detail as fodder for his fantasies. "I only wanted to sleep with her, really, but when you're fascinated by a woman you'll settle for her stories...
...mood there wasn't entirely jubilant. The past year has been a tough one for the business of orthopedics, one in which it has taken a hard, public slap from the U.S. Department of Justice...
...Beijing play ball with Ma? China does seem to be in an unusually cooperative mood. In early March, China's President Hu Jintao reiterated Beijing's willingness to negotiate a peace treaty with Taiwan. Yet Ma's likely willingness to offer concessions to Beijing will force Hu to make tough decisions regarding China's stand toward Taiwan, which he has so far been able to avoid, and it remains unclear to what extent he is open to cooperating with Taipei...
...overcome the Red Storm 5-2 on Thursday evening at the Murr Center. Anchored by solid individual play up and down the lineup, Harvard avenged early doubles losses at the two and three positions by sweeping the top five singles matches. “It’s always tough when you lose a doubles point,” Ermakov explained. “But in a sense it makes us a little bit hungrier out there in the singles. [The coaches] always give us the same message, that it’s a wake-up call...
...loss—I miss him,” Walsh says. “The reason he’s not here at Harvard, I’m not in agreement with it, but I understand it. Losing him...is going to be real tough.”With the loss of Perlman, the fourth spot opened for players like Strangio and Cole. Another player that Walsh thought had a serious shot at becoming a starter was flame-throwing freshman Greg Malley, whose fastball clocks in at over 90 mph. He, however, had double labrum surgery before the season...