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...took us no more than the customary fifteen minutes to argue our way past the same ticket taker we had to argue our way past for the Annual Flower Show, The Annual Shoe Distributor's Exhibit, and the Annual Coin Collector's and Philatelist's Colloquium. The publicity agent however was a stranger-only the uniform looked familiar. His name was John Cotter and he were a double breasted pin striped number with a hand painted tie. His hat brim was turned...
...holiday spirit among Peiping's 2,000,000 residents. Bazaars were crowded as prices dropped. In preparation for the Chinese New Year (Jan. 29), firecracker makers started working around the clock catching up on time lost during the siege when their wares were banned. Said a shopkeeper on Flower Street: "Now we can have plenty of chaotse (steamed meat dumplings) on New Year's night. If peace had not come, flour would have been too expensive...
...begin with something like this," he explained, delicately selecting a kernel and gazing at it through tortoise-shell glasses. "I see just what expression it takes and develop that. Now this little bump here looks like a branch. Turn it around and we have a head, or a flower. But I don't want a head, a branch or a flower, so I mold it a bit"-giving the kernel a cruel squeeze-"or I may throw it away." And with an expression of critical disdain he threw it on the tablecloth...
Gootenberg also announced that the HLU had tentatively planned to substitute "Grand Illusion," "The Ghost Goes West," and the "Stone Flower." The spring programs will also feature resumees of football seasons of several past years...
Tacho's Managua, unlike the Costa Rican capital of San José, did not receive the commissioners with flower-strewn streets. ("We are the accused. It wouldn't look right.") There was, in fact, enough brown Managua dust on the streets to get in any investigator's eyes...