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...Chinese restaurant. Sitting with them a couple months into their journey, it just struck me that they knew nothing about opening a restaurant. And I saw Chinese restaurants through their eyes, and the strangeness of what Americans like. And I saw the real American Chinese restaurant in a real town of 750 in the foothills of the Appalachians and I was like, “I think I can write a book on Chinese restaurants!”THC: You cite in your book the impressive statistic that the U.S. has more Chinese restaurants than McDonalds, Burger Kings, and Kentucky...

Author: By Jessica R. Henderson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: ‘Fortune Cookie’ Author Says ‘Yeah’ to the Kong | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

...attempt to reaffirm his dominance. Ultimately, the novel ends with Keith deciding how best to assert his power: “There were enough of us, I thought, if we just stuck together. We would take back the White House, and the statehouses and city halls and town councils. We’d keep the Congress. And in order to ensure a permanent left majority, Gwyn, we’d have many left-wing babies.” The problem is that while “Literary Men” is a fascinating collection of ideas and insights, it does...

Author: By Sanders I. Bernstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ‘Literary Men’ Lives On Ideas | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

...satire and verbal wit that has defined his career. The performance’s unique format, drawing upon drag and cabaret influences, provides a vehicle for the strong political dissent for which many South Africans have been killed.Uys began writing plays criticizing Apartheid while attending college in Cape Town in the 1960s. As a gay man living under a government that criminalized homosexuality, estranged from the white community and legally prohibited from associating with other ethnic groups, Uys struggled to find a place within the rigid social politics of South Africa. During this time, Uys found the medium that would...

Author: By Mark A. Vanmiddlesworth, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Uy's 'Erections' Pokes Fun at Politics | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

...sparked suspicions. When the paper checked Allred's Utah connections, it discovered that the men were in Eldorado to set up a large gated compound for the Fundamentalist Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS), a religious group that believes in "celestial marriage" - polygamy. The FLDS admitted to town leaders they had lied and townsfolk became wary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When the Polygamists Came to Town | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

...year after the FLDS arrived, Eldorado city officials held a town meeting. "The citizens got a little restless," Mayor John Nikolauk said. "We gave them a chance to talk and let them vent and then I said, 'Here's the deal. They are not going away, we have to do the best we can.'" One angry woman demanded the town leadership do something because the FLDS were practicing polygamy and living in sin. Nikolauk responded: "Two thousand years ago this young fella stood up in defense of a whore and said he who is without sin cast the first stone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When the Polygamists Came to Town | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

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