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...Though not a sequel to The Crazed, 51-year-old Ha Jin's latest novel A Free Life begins, chronologically, where that book left off - a sort of literary diptych. It's July 1989, a month after Tiananmen, with gloom and anxiety still charging the atmosphere. Chinese student and would-be poet Nan Wu and his wife Pingping are living near Boston while Nan finishes his Ph.D. at Brandeis, and they have no desire to return to a paranoid, post-Tiananmen China. Instead, they send for their only child, 6-year-old Taotao, who has been living with his grandparents...
...beautiful bar that overlooks the harbor from the 28th floor of Hong Kong's oldest hotel, the Peninsula. After drinks, head to Hong Kong island and the colorful shopping district of Causeway Bay. This place is very busy most evenings, mostly with a younger crowd looking for the latest fashions and accessories. Try the Island Beverly Centre or Lee Theatre Plaza for a good and affordable range...
Gaza's economy has atrophied. According to the latest U.N. figures, the shortages tied to a June tightening of the blockade have led to the closure of 90% of Gaza's factories, idling more than 85,000 workers. The 300 people employed by the Yazegis were among them. "It broke my heart. Some of the workers were with us since my grandfather's time," says Yazegi, adding that because there were no other jobs in Gaza, each worker supported about nine family members. More than 80% of Gazans scrape by on $2 a day or less; most could not survive...
...defines as typical so as not to punish prudent saving for college. This concern, however, is fairly minor. Given the amount of planning that appears to have gone into this proposal and the tremendous benefit it will have for students across the financial spectrum, we are confident that this latest expansion of financial aid will be a roaring success...
...Katz ’10, who lives in East Meadow, New York. “It’s an inconvenience because the vamoose bus went straight to Penn Station and I could get straight on the Long Island Rail Road.” The missing license is the latest in a series of upsets that the Vamoose company has faced in its campaign to run the Harvard Square to New York line. After being denied permission to operate in Boston, the copmany received approval from Cambridge officials to pick up and drop off passengers on Bennett Street, outside...