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...Concession's sycamore-lined streets to my favorite hole-in-the-wall eatery, Jishi, on Tianping Road. Adventurous eaters can dig their chopsticks into Jishi's signature braised fish head nestled in deep-fried scallions. Desserts and after-dinner drinks aren't the strong suit of Chinese cuisine, so grab a cab across the Huangpu River to Cloud 9, the Grand Hyatt's 87th-floor bar, whose superlative status as the highest drinking establishment in the world perfectly captures the city's lofty ambitions...
...Dylan reveled in all forms of excoriation. "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" begins with a high wail that follows advice with threat: "You must leave now, take what you need you think will last. / But whatever you wish to keep, you'd better grab it fast." By the end of the verse, his voice has dropped an octave to whisper, "And it's all over now, Baby Blue." We also adopted Dylan's dismissal of the clueless - "Something is happening but you don't know what it is, / Do you, Mr. Jones?" - in "Ballad of a Thin...
...Operation Taguta/ Sisuthi or "eat well" - has been disastrous, according to a report released last month by the Solidarity Peace Trust, a South African human-rights group. The group says the army has left communities without enough grain to feed themselves, despite a year of bumper harvests. The food grab and increasing militarization of the government comes as annual inflation passed 1,000% on Friday. The World Health Organization says Zimbabweans now have the world's lowest life expectancy, due to poverty, hiv/aids and the collapse of the country's health-care system. Says Cross: "The mood in Zimbabwe...
...military person leading the CIA, a civilian agency," Ron Bonjean, Hastert's communications director, told TIME this evening. Bonjean was confirming the tone of comments Hastert made at an appearance in Aurora, Ill., in which Hastert praised Goss and said moving Hayden to the CIA smacked of a "power grab" by Negroponte-adding that Negroponte had visited Hastert's office last week and not noted any problems with Goss...
...pick-me-up. Luckily for Harvard, senior first baseman Josh Klimkiewicz returned to the lineup just in time. Klimkiewicz, who had missed the previous five games due to injury, garnered four hits, including a monster home run, and four RBI’s, to help the Crimson grab the Rolfe Division title in a 23-9 victory in the last game of the series. “Having Josh in the lineup is absolutely vital,” senior Matt Brunnig said. “It seems every time I pitch he hits a home run. I absolutely love having...