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...Just so you know, Mr. Stein, Pamela Anderson isn't "the only American" we Filipinos have ever seen. The proliferation of foreign fast-food chains in the U.S. is just another aspect of globalization, so don't flatter yourself. Jollibee's decor and mascot you so maligned do not cater to the smiling American. I daresay they are a tribute to the humorous spirit and lightheartedness of the Filipino people, who in the face of adversity, calamity and discrimination are still known worldwide to be one of the friendliest and most resilient people on earth. We are known as "Asia...
...pub’s first guests also commented on the thought and effort that had been put into its ambience and decor, which includes many framed artifacts acquired by Corker himself...
...were a common subject - almost a genre in itself, with the likes of Bette Davis or Joan Crawford facing the consequences of their pasts or the errant behavior of their soul-crushing relatives and trying to find true love and a reliable trust fund. The clothes, hair styles and decor of these films were alone worth the price of a ticket. And that says nothing about the attendant hysteria of their plots. These were stories for grown-ups, who do not go much to mainstream movies these days. The result is that these dramas wandered off into glamour-trash...
...declining writer was taken in by the proprietor of the Hôtel d'Alsace in Paris' Saint-Germain-des-Prés neighborhood, who tried to make him comfortable, plied him with Courvoisier and tolerated his snowballing bill. But Wilde still didn't spare his room's decor; he wryly observed that "my wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or the other of us has to go." The wallpaper won that battle - Wilde died a month later of meningitis, on Nov. 30, 1900 - but it didn...
Five months after its ribbon-cutting, however, the Lamont Library Café has settled—after a few decor and menu changes—into a comfortable place along side the library’s traditional offerings of books and desks. Pandemonium has not erupted. Books have remained relatively grease-free. I would even wager that, in general, Lamont is a more productive and rewarding place than it ever was (at least for those students who have avoided boredatlamont.com...