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...Tokyo, for its part, points to China's rapidly increasing military spending, which rose nearly 18% to reach $45 billion officially this year-even as Japan's own defense budget, for all of Abe's posturing, has remained virtually flat. The point is that while both nations want what one Tokyo official calls a "future-oriented relationship," the future will likely find them on opposite strategic sides. That doesn't mean they can't be good neighbors-good fences and all that-but we can expect friction...
...launched the first easyHotel in London in August 2005, offering tiny spartan rooms averaging 7.5 sq m (most without windows) in the high-rent South Kensington district. Want restaurant service or minibars? Forget it. And you'll pay about $10 a night extra if you want to watch the flat-screen TV. As a result, rates average about $78. Yet travelers appear to have embraced no-frills accommodation. easyHotel's occupancy rate averages 89%, says Roger Powell, franchise service director, compared with the average annual occupancy rate of 74% for all London hotels...
...live by bread only.” (Deuteronomy 8: 2-3). Another wise man once said “man shall not live on bread alone” (Matthew 4:4 and Luke 4:4) And for that reason, the Jewish people invented matza. Ahh, matza: the delectably brittle flat bread that dries our mouths and sprays bread shrapnel in all conceivable directions for one week each year as we remember our ancestors’ escape from slavery and exodus from Egypt during the Jewish holiday of Passover. Some say it was designed brilliantly for its delectable taste and superior...
...came out flat in doubles,” Fish said...
...were trying to remove grime from his already clean skin. He's flanked by two relatives - his wife and younger brother, who has just rested a large black wooden framed photo of their late father on an empty chair. All three family members gaze at a 60-inch flat screen four feet in front of them. In a few minutes, the brothers will meet their half-sister and nephew for the first time ever - or more accurately, lay eyes on and speak to their kin in North Korea for the first time, via a fiber optic video cable, installed...