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...menu, which starts with superior spring rolls and delivers reliably satisfying Szechwan main dishes. This is a far better restaurant than its predecessor, House of China, which wasn't bad. Only the sameness about the sauces keeps it from greatness, the greatness we so yearn for in the leaderless Mandarin-Szcechwan cuisine of today...

Author: By Robert Nadeau, | Title: OUT TO LUNCH | 9/14/1988 | See Source »

...menu, which starts with superior spring rolls and delivers reliably satisfying Szechwan main dishes. This is a far better restaurant than its predecessor, House of China, which wasn't bad. Only the sameness about the sauces keeps it from greatness, the greatness we so yearn for in the leaderless Mandarin-Szcechwan cuisine of today...

Author: By Robert Nadeau, | Title: OUT TO LUNCH | 9/11/1988 | See Source »

...ambitious work, 1900 (1976), is a folk epic spanning 70 years of Italian history -- a Gone With the Wind gone red. Red ink too: the film, cut from 5 1/2 to 4 hours, sank quickly. It took The Last Emperor to reconcile Bertolucci's art and his craftiness, his mandarin aesthetics and his hunger for popular success...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Love And Respect, Hollywood-Style | 4/25/1988 | See Source »

...others. In an era when most multinational firms have given up their old conglomerating ways, Jardines retains a panoply of seemingly unconnected businesses. With 76,000 employees in 22 countries, the company operates the eighth largest insurance brokerage in the world, a sizable construction firm, an investment bank, and Mandarin Oriental, a leading chain of hotels from San Francisco to Bangkok. Its Hong Kong operations range from the local Mercedes dealership to Mrs. Fields Cookies franchises. But the core of the company's holdings is $3.2 billion worth of real estate in Hong Kong's central business district -- fully...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Taipan from Yale | 4/11/1988 | See Source »

...menu, which starts with superior spring rolls and delivers reliably satisfying Szechwan main dishes. This is a far better restaurant than its predecessor, House of China, which wasn't bad. Only the sameness about the sauces keeps it from greatness, the greatness we so yearn for in the leaderless Mandarin-Szcechwan cuisine of today...

Author: By Robert Nadeau, | Title: The Painted Dish | 1/22/1988 | See Source »

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