Word: chai
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...section?by far the most colorful of the book?Buruma encounters regret, disenchantment, infighting and paranoia among men and women who were hailed as heroes when they left China. Chai Ling, perhaps the most recognizable face among the Tiananmen student protesters, now runs an Internet company in Boston and tells Buruma she needs to "find space to build a beautiful new life" and wants "closure" on Tiananmen. Her "deputy" in the square, Li Lu, fronts a hedge fund on Madison Avenue. Others have turned away from political confrontation to espouse Christianity as an elixir for China's woes, insisting, despite...
...large, open-fronted premises that spill onto the sidewalk at 313 Maha Chai next to the Esso gas station, the Thip Samai Restaurant only serves the quintessential national dish phad Thai (fried noodles, tofu, bean sprouts), which it elevates from ordinary vegetarian staple to high art. The house specialty is a $1.35 version that comes wrapped in an omelette. For an extra $1.35, the deluxe sawng kreung comes with shredded green mango, crab, dried squid, and four large, fresh prawns...
...exactly is this guy? Losers IRA EINHORN Old hippie activist is finally extradited for the murder of his girlfriend. Says a government plot kept him stoned in the Riviera for 20 years INDIA THE CAT Bombay protesters object to President Bush's cat's name. Then argue whether masala chai "tastes great" or is "less filling" KIM MATHERS Eminem's ex faces drug charge after she's nailed on warrant for disturbing peace. With so much in common, these two should have worked...
...they were singing why, why do we bother to try? Took my backpack to Widener stacks and I let out a sigh. Them all-nighters were drinking coffee and chai singing "This will be the day they arrive. This will be the day they arrive...
...bother to try? Took my backpack to Widener stacks and I let out a sigh. Them all-nighters were drinking coffee and chai singing "This will be the day they arrive. This will be the day they arrive...