Only I thought private eyes were supposed to be discreet; you could hardly call yourself that when you drive a Roller.

While over 90 percent of Kargilik's 500,000-strong population are Uygurs, Manas, regarded as the western gateway to Urumqi, has a Han majority. Memet had met few Han people in Kargilik. In Manas, he made friends with the community easily, despite the fear mongering in the past that the Han were taking over Uygur jobs. My Han friends ask me to dinner during the Spring Festival, Memet told Beijing Review.

Jaw tight, Ryder picked up his hammer, set a framing nail, and whaled on it.

Fitzgerald saw that Hemingway, oppressed by his mother's influence, was still rebelling against having been made to take cello lessons when growing up.