Word: friday
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...them. Mao Zedong's promise of the "iron rice bowl" was the traditional communist guarantee of full employment. However decrepit the economy might be, everyone would always have a job, no matter how economically redundant. You pretend to work and we pretend to pay you. And yet on Friday, even as portraits of Mao were driven through the streets of Beijing, 100 million Chinese face the prospect of joblessness with no social safety...
...want anyone but your roommates to see you sweat, Brine Sporting Goods offer dorm room friendly equipment. Brine's Sporting Goods (29 Brattle St.; 876-4218; Monday to Friday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.). Score jump ropes, ankle weights, dumb bells, etc. Products range in price from $12 to $40. Head to Brine's if you want a chin-up bar ($19.95). But you'll have to go to City Sports to purchase a one-size-fits-all neck developer...
...more button-up experience, seek the solace of Trinity Church Boston (Copley Square, Boston; Sunday services at 11 a.m.). At Trinity, church-time really isn't all about praying. It's about the acoustics. Drop in on the organ recitals every Friday at 12:15 p.m. Music has been an important part of Trinity Church Boston ever since its 9th rector, Phillip Brooks, wrote the song "O little town of Bethlehem." Sunday services feature inspiring choral singing. Show up early for a seat. At the Emmanuel Episcopal Church (15 Newbury St.: T: Arlington; 10 a.m.) every Sunday service features...
...Take a trendier path toward spiritual renovation. Stretch your body like silly putty and learn some interesting new positions that even Cosmo Kama Sutra would be proud of at Yoga Class (Malkin Athletic Center; Monday, Wednesday and Friday 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. and Tuesday and Thursday 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.; $5). As a mental practice as well as a physical one, yoga will relax you as it is centered on strength and flexibility training...
...Learn about Islam at the Islamic Society of Boston and check out Cambridge's only mosque (204 Prospect St., next to Pennypacker; 876-3546; Services and weekly discussion groups Friday 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.). Each discussion group features a sermon, given by someone in the community, emphasizing the rules of Islam and stories of the prophet Muhammad. The Islamic society also organizes social gatherings for its members...