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...don’t think I’ve ever seen a Princeton student smoke, but just look at all of you here,” remarked Jeffrey Eugenides—the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “Middlesex” and “The Virgin Suicides”—of the cigarette smoke that veiled the audience and room at an event at The Harvard Advocate last Tuesday. After reading a passage from the novel that he is working on, Eugenides—a creative writing professor at Princeton and alum of Brown?...
While Eugenides’ characters in successive novels remain in youth—from boys dealing with a town tragedy in “The Virgin Suicides,” to Cal coming of age in the flux of 20th century America, and to college students studying semantic theory while carrying on a passionate affair on the side—he continues to be surprised about how much can remember from his own recent past...
...back, grab a drink (that’s a virgin drink if you’re under 21) and enjoy this week’s Crimson Cocktail...
...you’re done! Proportions may vary, but the end product is a fruity drink with only a hint of that harsh alcoholic taste. For a virgin version of the drink, try replacing the vodka with a vanilla flavored beverage of your choosing. Of-age drinkers should enjoy this cocktail in warm weather for the complete tropical experience. Alternatively, you can sit in front of a heater and pretend it’s not 30 degrees outside. Enjoy...
...court also concluded that Thaksin, in violation of Thai law, still controlled the company while serving as Prime Minister. He accomplished this, the court said, by using family members and others as nominees and transferring shares in an intricate web of deals through offshore companies in the British Virgin Islands and other tax havens. Thaksin sold Shin Corporation to Temasek Holdings of Singapore in early 2006 for $1.9 billion. The court called that money "ill-gotten wealth." Thaksin claims that all of his assets were earned before he became Prime Minister. (See more photos of protests...