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...CHA SA-SOON, a 68-year-old South Korean woman who passed her country's written driver's-license exam on her 950th...
...reform legislation. But some feel burned by earlier attempts at negotiation and are ready to forget about courting the bishops' support. They point out that the Catholic Health Association, which represents more than 1,200 Catholic health systems and facilities, has been more encouraging of Democratic proposals (although the CHA has yet to endorsed any bill). Obama recently appointed CHA's president and CEO, Sister Carol Keehan, to be part of the official delegation to Rome for the canonization mass for Hawaii's Father Damien...
...this food-obsessed city where the collision of Western and Chinese cuisines has created finely attuned tastes, trying to enter the fast-food market can be risky. Long before corporate chains began setting up shop, Hongkongers could find a quick meal at local cha chaan teng, or tea cafés, serving soup with noodles and meat, or storefront street vendors selling shao mai, or dumplings, and fish balls - spongy fried balls the size of jawbreakers that are made from minced fish and dough...
...when it comes to a full meal, wooing customers away from their favorite haunts could be a challenge. Many of the street vendors, as well as the cha chaan teng and noodle shops, have deep roots in the community, and customers go to them intentionally to eat. Corporate global chains may be fine for a snack but "are not perceived to be authentic" when it comes to a meal, says Stephen Wong, program director of HKU/SPACE and a former food columnist for the Chinese-language newspaper Ming Pao. "People know they're from the States. People expect an authentic American...
That's the short answer to the pressing question of how it is that the erstwhile Representative from Texas and House majority leader from 2003 to 2005 is now dividing his time between Los Angeles and Houston, with the Initiative to Improve His Cha-Cha in advance of the Season 9 premiere on Sept. 21. But there are other questions, including Whaaat?! Why would DeLay, 62, want to be on a dancing show? Also, why would a dancing show want DeLay? (See the top 10 performing politicians...