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...never envisioned the purpose of life as taking a piece of metal and pushing it toward a hole. People ought to be pushing children out of poverty...
Peckish? Walk south a block to the Chinese Quarter where large, red gates frame the entrances to a district of hole-in-the-wall noodle shops ($3 noodles-the cheapest in the city!). The Chinese rushed into the country when Japan, fearing the spread of Christianity, closed its doors to Westerners. Along with the Dutch whose trade-focused Protestants were considered less threatening than Portugal's Catholic missionaries, the Chinese did business with the rest of the country through Nagasaki's port, though both groups were sequestered in one area of town. Nagasaki's traditional dish-a soup of thick...
...highlighting the United Nations' failure to keep this promise. The mock referendum infuriated the Moroccans, and brooding on this insult may have had a lot to do with their flag waving on Perejil. The canny Moroccans, of course, are aware that right now Spain needs rock problems like a hole in the cabeza. Their Perejil adventure may have been ended by Spain's superior military strength, but it has enabled them to draw the world's attention to the fact that Spain still holds two enclaves on the north African coast, Ceuta and Melilla. So if Gibraltar is inextricably part...
...with commercials. If the judges decide (as they should) that "The West Wing" slipped too far this year to justify the traditional legacy Emmy, giving the award to freshman drama "24" would be one way to acknowledge innovation without giving the award to HBO, which would probably rend a hole in the fabric of space-time. (It's not a likely outcome; the academy did give the drama award to "The West Wing" in its first season, but that's because the only other plausible alternative back then was "The Sopranos" - another HBO show...
...evenings unfold in the corners of Shanghai's cheapest bars. He was content with his Sprite-and-beer shandies and a stack of car magazines to keep him company. But last September, the 20-year-old engineering major decided to break with routine. He bypassed his usual watering hole and climbed a narrow staircase to a windowless room. There, too, the men were sitting alone, obscured by clouds of cheap cigarette smoke. Chen had found a new hangout. In late May, he spent 32 hours straight in the illegal Internet caf?, working his way through six packs of Double Happiness...