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...plot that propels the novella, but rather the intimate, unfolding portrait of village life in eastern Nepal that Chettri sketches in masterfully stark but occasionally lyrical prose - like a brisk, cold brook dappled with sun. Chettri vividly conjures the social and natural landscapes in which Dhané's miserable story takes place, from trade councils lorded by ruthless landowners, to placid livestock pastures and swollen rice paddies pleating the hills. The book "might not entertain its readers, because that is not its aim," Chettri has written. "I have simply tried to give a picture of the villages in the hills...
...loss by senior Vilsa Curto and sophomore Elizabeth Brook evened up the score. In the decisive No. 3 match, Schnitter and junior Catriona Stewart clinched the doubles point by downing Monica Neveklovska and Kristen Reid...
Harvard dropped the No. 1, No. 4, and No. 6 singles matches in straight sets. Ko, who played No. 1 singles, lost 6-2, 7-5. At No. 4 singles, Brook played strong and kept the match close but fell 7-6, 6-3. In the No. 6 slot, Curto was downed...
Psychologist Arthur Aron of the State University of New York at Stony Brook says people who meet during a crisis--an emergency landing of their airplane, say--may be much more inclined to believe they've found the person meant for them. "It's not that we fall in love with such people because they're immensely attractive," he says. "It's that they seem immensely attractive because we've fallen in love with them...
...often not doubt. It's curiosity. Flirting "is a way of testing one's mate-value and the possibility of alternatives--actually trying to see if someone might be available as an alternative," says Arthur Aron, professor of psychology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. To evolutionary biologists, the advantages of this are clear: mates die, offspring die. Flirting is a little like taking out mating insurance...