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...slack-jawed at the pagan temple of a store-window display. (No, George--that's where my money is!) In the end, the characters discover an authentic holiday outside the usual traditions--as when Ralphie and family, their turkey devoured by the neighbor's dogs, discover "Chinese turkey" (Peking duck) at a chop-suey restaurant. It's the individual Christmas that matters. Bedford Falls can take a hike...
...something a little more sophisticated, there's Restaurant Bobby Chinn (www.bobbychinn.com). The star of Hanoi's growing foodie set, owner-chef Bobby Chinn offers first-class food at developing-world prices, with entrees like aromatic green tea-smoked duck and braised pigeon wrapped in rice paper. The eclectic and lavish setting - including a red-silk hookah lounge with suspended white roses - reflects Chinn's Egyptian-Chinese-Kiwi roots. The origin of the popular codeine-tablet cocktail is less clear...
Turning it over to a commission is the kind of duck-and-cover drill that politicians have usually been able to get away with on Social Security. But Obama and Edwards aren't going along this time. "We're not really picking a fight about Social Security," says Obama strategist David Axelrod. "We're picking a fight about candor. [Obama] has been forthright about this, and Senator Clinton hasn...
...galleries and shops. The square is home to Fukier, the city's finest restaurant, whose sumptuous decor and attentive staff have been enjoyed by Presidents George Bush and Jacques Chirac--not, mind you, at the same time. Traditional Polish sour soup and a sausage cost $8; Polish-style duck and sour green apple, $32. Not far away, on Ulica (Polish for street) Belwederska, the Restauracja Polska-Tradycja, or Restaurant Polish-Tradition, serves saddle of deer and homemade dumplings ($20) and fresh smoked fish from the lake region ($7). For those who prefer dancing and a light (not necessarily Polish) meal...
...only man who could beat Zuma to the party post is the incumbent, but though Mbeki has declared that he is willing to serve again, he has been weakened by a series of political missteps. The prospect of a Zuma presidency or two more years under the lame-duck Mbeki so alarms some in the party's old guard that they are scrambling to nominate alternatives, including ANC stalwarts turned businessmen Tokyo Sexwale and Cyril Ramaphosa...