Word: jongg
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...life. The whole time this was happening, however, Sienna was wearing Mod dresses and even she, normally a very attractive woman, looked awful, which leads me to the conclusion that not only are these shift-like tunic things extremely hard to wear, but they also, much like cursed mah jongg tiles, bring bad luck on all aspects of one’s life. Wear them with opaque tights and approach them with caution.Large Sleeves:I inevitably associate large puffy sleeves with this one production of Silas Marner that I saw where everyone in the cast had their hair parted...
...Sure, hockey is a little white, but you know what? Those are my people. Actually, my people are the Jews, but if I limited myself by that, I?d be up pretty late watching ESPN43 for mah-jongg tournaments. While cool white people embrace basketball and hip-hop, I see nothing wrong with also celebrating my own blindingly white culture. I like country music, hockey, Nordic myths, the Tour de France, crisp white wine and the movie Ordinary People. Seriously, I needed hockey to make me seem less...
...considered talented. To make ends meet, she began drawing for pornographic magazines. Publishers noticed the humorous comments she added to compensate for her lack of drawing skills; by junior year in college she had debuted as a cartoonist. After her series about losing $500,000 in illegal mah-jongg became a hit, she went on to cultivate her personal style of manga (the Japanese term for comics), which now has many imitators. Says Saibara: "People who can draw well are too proud to do anything, and many of them are still starving artists." --By Toko Sekiguchi...
...being Beijing (i.e. opaque), and the only thing that's changed is the large number of Hong Kongers periodically flooding the streets on their own time. The vigil last week drew far more people than expected: some 30,000-50,000 souls willing to sacrifice their dinners or mah-jongg dates. "Beijing scares me," admitted Lance Tai, 26, who works in a financial firm, "but we have to demonstrate our determination and let them know that 'one country, two systems' is not working. And neither is Tung Chee-hwa." In other words, Hong Kong has a standoff. Something...
...jongg, Ann Kong believes, that finally put her over the edge. Living just a few blocks from Amoy Gardens, she was already nervous about SARS. But the reality didn't hit her until she arrived at her brother's home for the family's weekly mah-jongg game. Everyone had to wear slippers, and there was a designated "shoe area" to prevent footwear from contaminating the flat. The usually raucous pregame lunch was silent?the 10-person group had agreed not to talk to avoid spitting on one another and the food. Kong's brother wiped the mah-jongg tiles...