Word: makeshifts
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...Hamra are sitting around makeshift coffee shops waiting for news of the fighting. "We are all supporting the Lebanese army here," says Marwan Zaatar, 33. "These people [in Fatah al-Islam] are not true Muslims. They are a gang of terrorists." That sums up the general mood. There is tension on the front lines, but local Lebanese are in good spirits. It's been a very noisy...
After sitting outside in their makeshift camp across from Mass. Hall for most of the day, some of the protestors would return to find their inboxes flooded with messages highly critical of the hunger strike. Kyle A. Krahel ’08 said that comments discrediting the hunger strike and questioning the strikers’ motives were “mentally challenging to read...
...taping took place in Flour Bakery, the Boston establishment owned by Chang, where a makeshift kitchen had been assembled...
...China could, in theory, get tough on piracy-not by going after the street vendors, but by shutting down the small, makeshift factories that churn out the discs. There are periodic raids, to be sure, but it would take a lot more effort to truly end the practice, and it's hard to believe the Chinese leadership really cares that much. Maybe a WTO case will change that, but Zhou, for one, doesn't believe it. "Don't worry, I'll still be here," he says, and with a smile asks if I had seen The Last King of Scotland...
...China could, in theory, crack down on this business - not so much by going after street vendors like Zhou, but by going after the source and thoroughly rooting out and shutting down the small, makeshift factories that churn out copies of these pirated discs. There are periodic raids, to be sure, but it would take a lot more effort - much more than the government is currently expending - to really put an end to it, and I find it difficult to believe the Chinese leadership cares that much. Maybe, in time, a WTO case will change that, but Zhou...