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...Asia, Doubleday felt compelled to select a new name, delay publication for a month, and go through the manuscript, changing scores of references to the eponymous Osaka hostess lounge where much of the action takes place. Despite that setback, the book has finally appeared, and it proves worth the wait. Sayonara Bar is a cocktail of astringent cultural observations, genres stirred and shaken, subplots served with a twist. At first, it seems to be the story of Mary, an attractive young Englishwoman who, upon finishing her studies in Japanese, finds work as an "economy geisha" in Osaka to earn money...
Beyond these pitfalls, many more lie in wait. But the fact remains that Junior Parents Weekend can never be an accurate representation of real Harvard life. Our advice to parents and students is the same: don’t ask questions, don’t dawdle, and take everything at face value. It’s better that...
...movie about “cool” needs a central figure that speaks slower than everyone else; as John Travolta notes in Be Cool: “If you’re important enough, they’ll wait for you.” Think Kevin Spacey in The Usual Suspects, Clint Eastwood in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, or Travolta himself in Get Shorty...
...debut De-Loused in the Comatorium or any output from At The Drive-In (the El Paso afro-toting prog-punk powerhouse he and crooner Cedric Bixler, the other permanent ‘Marsvoltian’, led until 2001) the drug policy with this record was to wait until after the recording to start the debauchery. The good news, for those who have warmed to the histrionic, full-blown theatrics of the Mars Volta, is that the sober influence is not felt...
...data have been compiled, but with his thesis date quickly approaching, Ward soon expects to have a clearer idea of which part of the Harvard campus reigns supreme. HUDS debates will just have to wait for a different graduate student...