Word: franciscos
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...much smaller group of talented foreigners who are here only for the short term. Citizens tend to be apolitical and have a groupthink mentality because of the government's tight grip on civic and political activities. Singapore loses talented people who think and act differently to cities like San Francisco, New York, London and even Hong Kong, where they have more freedom of expression. We need mavericks, bohemians and social activists. It is time for Singapore to truly loosen up the social and political environment. Jerry Siah Eng Kiat, Singapore...
...Christmas gift his son and daughter bought from Signature Days, which sells participatory gifts nationwide. "They knew I appreciated the speed," Friker says. This appeal to both giver and receiver makes experiential presents work. Becky Meyer and Amber Sambrone had their commitment ceremony in San Francisco on June 16, and are now on a three-week honeymoon in Asia, thanks to their friends. "We're not into acquiring a lot of stuff," Meyer says. Besides, glasses break; memories of the trip will last forever...
...about 50,000 boxes of toothpaste got their last squeeze inside an industrial trash compactor in Homestead, Fla. They were yanked from the shelves of discount stores and bathroom cabinets after a nationwide recall warned that the toothpaste contained a chemical, diethylene glycol, that could lead to kidney failure. Francisco Botta, who distributed the toothpaste for his family's wholesale business in Miami, stocked his warehouse bathroom with the stuff. "I used it every day," he says. "I told everybody to stop...
...know why someone else's marriage has anything to do with me. I'm completely comfortable with gay marriage.' ELIZABETH EDWARDS, wife of former Senator John Edwards, at a news conference before San Francisco's annual Gay Pride Parade, putting her at odds with her husband's official stance...
...cheesy as that sounds, he sells me. We're sitting in a restaurant in San Francisco, drinking an Austrian white that "feels like it's taking our tongue apart with a switchblade," but in a good way, and he's talking faster than I can write, touching my knee and dropping in my first name at key points, and before you know it, I want to drink whites at room temperature so I can really taste them, and hell, yes, I want to get my mom to try something other than Yellow Tail, and goddam, I do want to break...