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...first thing I noticed when I entered the restaurant was the electric trains—you know, little model trains that made adorable choo-choo noises. The whole environment, complete with oval stone bridges, frosted glass dividers, and delicate watercolor paintings, gave a quirky vibe, a mix of Eastern traditional decor and the Western industrial revolution...
...night fell, the Revolutionary Guard and Basij surged in numbers, swarming through nearly all of Tehran's main streets and into the alleys, where protesters ran for haven. By 9 p.m., it was over. Save for burning trash cans and broken glass, the streets were empty of foot traffic, though plenty of cars continued to crawl along the major boulevards (apparently the security forces targeted only people on foot...
...treehouse subsumes a wimpy oak. The trunk seems to buckle underneath the weight of a wide staircase leading up to the habitable structure. But I imagine that this immemorial fixture of my childhood is now littered with alien toys, the once fresh carpet dank with spilled juice and the glass-paned windows smeared by the hands of gum-smacking children...
Then there's the 1933 Glass-Steagall Act, which separated commercial banking from other financial endeavors. By the time Congress repealed the law in 1999, it seemed utterly out of step with the times, but now many economists are wondering if there is something to the idea of separating risky financial activities from essential ones. Or we could tax financial transactions, a policy suggested as far back as 1929 by Virginia Senator Carter Glass (he of the Glass-Steagall Act) and now identified most closely with the late Yale economist James Tobin. In the 1970s, Tobin proposed...
...automatic-rifle shots came before tear gas was used. Thousands scattered and ran; a few foolhardy protesters threw rocks back. A Pop Eye Chicken and Seafood restaurant had all its windows blown out, its customers sprinting away so fast that one woman left a shoe amid the shattered glass...