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Many Chinese etiquette instructors and authors of best-selling manners manuals are progeny of the high-class aesthetes Mao tried to eradicate. Professor Li of the Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade is the descendant of a cotton tycoon, and grew up eating Western fare like rye bread and cheese for breakfast. His brother, a doctor, was killed during the Cultural Revolution. The fact that Li leads classes on Western etiquette says something about how far China has come since the days of Mao, but it is also a reminder of the gaps that still exist between China and the developed...
...star means it's really incredible cuisine." Yet some chefs privately say they're miffed that the Pig now sits in the same league as highly inventive (and acclaimed) restaurants like WD-50 and Craft, whose chefs (Wylie Dufresne and Tom Colicchio) are considered virtuosos of progressive, inventive fare...
...Public Affairs Christine D. Lelong said that “students will be coming back to a campus that is the same as they left it,” since that campus was above the floodwaters. According to Tulane Director of Public Relations Michael Strecker, Tulane did not fare quite as well but still expects to be prepared when the spring semester starts. Visiting Tulane freshman Thomas E. Slattery said that his campus was half-underwater because it bordered the floodline. He added that the north side of campus, which was flooded, mostly contained dorms and athletic facilities. According...
...constantly moving around,” she says, so her parents decided to channel her energy into dance lessons. The decision certainly paid off: by the age of seven, Jackson was dancing professionally, moving stealthily between commercials and kids shows as her daily fare. She remains a member of the Screen Actors’ Guild, though her busy schedule at Harvard has prevented much more screen time...
...Pontiac Dream” and “Oscar See Through Red Eye” brim over with cascading jazzy riffs, while “Slow This Bird Down” and “Ataronchronon” give fans the traditional moody BoC fare. But of course for the diehard fans, the real question is: “Where are the subliminal messages?” Past BoC staples include Satanic symbolism, esoteric mathematical facts (what is “The Smallest Weird Number?”), creepy track and album lengths (“Geogaddi?...