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Yuri Pronin sleeps on a rough plank door liberated from a neighboring apartment and balanced atop heavy rusting water pipes in the tiny Moscow abode that he has called home since last December. The room has no electricity and no running water. A dented tin bread box and several empty jars serve as his kitchen, while a cardboard box doubles as chair and closet. The decor is Dickensian: bare, paint-chipped walls, splintering floorboards and windows caked with dirt. Apartments in the old Soviet Union were none too luxurious, but this is a big step down...
Many economic observers and politicians fuel these beliefs by charging that foreigners invest in American companies--particularly high-tech, high-profit companies--and then ship either the jobs or the technology overseas, depending on how devious they are. Most of the jobs apparently come from bread-and-butter industries like auto-building. Most of the technology apparently comes from the electronics or weapons industry...
...Souper Salad in the Garage, stick with the specialities--soups and salads. The salad bar offers a variety of delicacies like couscous and pineapple, plus an outrageously scrumptious fresh bread selection. Other entrees are simply not worth tasting...
...fast-food joint that's been spruced up with outdoor tables and a never-ending classical music tape, it is a favorite summer hangout for students, tourists, and even some locals. In keeping with the Euro atmosphere, the fairly expensive menu is partly in French (that little chunk of bread is called a "petit pain," and you may feel compelled to say "kwa-sohn" for "croissant...
...Algiers is a good place to chat about your favorite post-colonialist scholar or huddle in a corner with some slim, tragic French novel. But the coffee and desserts, though expensive, are tasty enough to attract less intense visitors. Especially good is the "Arabian toast" (sticky triangles of pita bread, and the house specialty, a greenish coffee served with lots of whipped cream...