Word: host
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...constitution that "no organization or individual may enjoy the privilege of being above . . . the law," not even the Communist Party, due process is still applied capriciously. This is particularly vexing to foreign investors who, after being ardently wooed by the Chinese, arrive to discover intransigent bureaucrats and a host of previously undisclosed rules governing everything from wages to repatriation of profits. As once hidden regulations come to light, such snags should become a thing of the past, though the transition to openness may take some time. After all, says Gelatt, "freedom of information is not a hallmark of Chinese society...
...fierce battle of wits between the DeWisses and the Ebsendons earlier this week, the host asked the family leaders to give the most popular responses to a very simple question: "Name something a husband expects his wife to do." From the 100 men surveyed by the game show, only five answers made it up on the board: 64 men answered "cook;" nine said "clean the house;" eight said "do the laundry;" six said "make love" and four said "do the dishes...
After intense lobbying efforts, Winsten persuaded the 13 television studios "to occasionally lay in a line or two of dialogue about drinking and driving," Winsten says. "A host will offer a couple a drink when they arrive at a party and one of them will say, `No thanks, I'm driving.' We are only asking them to do it occasionally, but we hope the cumulative effect will be significant...
...Bhutto faces the hard part: governing a volatile country burdened by poverty, landlessness, ethnic rivalry and foreign debt. Three out of four Pakistanis are illiterate; unemployment is endemic. The economy is headed toward bankruptcy. Finally, Islamabad is the reluctant host to some 3 million refugees from the fighting in Afghanistan...
...Crimson, two-time defending national champion and Ivy League titlist, will host Bowdoin tomorrow at Hemenway Gymnasium. It is Harvard's last match until Feburary...