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...Beijing has other eating joints that celebrate the Cultural Revolution by serving up the hearty peasant fare that Beijingers remember from their enforced exile in the countryside. Brahm's approach is far tonier. His Red Capital Club boasts Zhongnanhai cuisine?the preferred dishes of the Party ?lite who lived in Beijing's government enclave. Mao's favorite meal, red roast pork with bitter melon, is on the menu, as is Deng's family recipe for chicken. (That dish comes garnished with black- and white-cat sculptures?carved out of beets and turnips?in honor of Deng's famous economic axiom...
...people are suffering," says Namatai, a young widow with a two-year-old daughter. She counts herself blessed; she has a job - as a guard at a government building - when 70% of the work force doesn't. But she earns just $20 a month. "How can I afford bus fare, the rent of my house, mealie meal ... " Her voice trails off, her eyes wander. For a second, she looks as if she's going to cry. Instead, she throws her head back and - maybe because of her troubles, maybe because of her government's cruelty and stupidity - she laughs. Sometimes...
...with convenient supermarkets already conspicuously absent from the Square cityscape, in the interim students looking for an alternative to dining hall fare will be forced to choose between University Market and smaller convenience “[Broadway] is the only place in the area that’s convenient for gourmet stuff and produce. I went there for stuff like Brie, special cheeses, drinks, and limes...they were really the only option,” said Pennypacker resident David F. Hill...
...number of miles required to earn a free flight. Delta is making it tougher for bargain flyers to win "elite" status (which gives them perks like upgrades to first class); passengers traveling on discounted tickets now get only half as many points toward elite status as full-fare travelers. US Airways tried something similar but backed down when its frequent flyers balked. But the airline found another way to milk its best customers. It used to send free luggage tags identifying elite flyers. Now the tags cost $10. --L.McL...
...very important experience for me to go out and play since there were some doubts about how I would fare against [Div. I-A players],” Morris said yesterday. “I feel much more comfortable now that I’ve had this experience to play against those guys...