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...standing in them, are much the same. In Beijing another line of 150 represents a far smaller slice of the general population, in part because the regime continues to frown on emigration. Still, a young lawyer explains why he wants to go to Meiguo, the Beautiful Country, the Mandarin name for America: "My colleagues tried to discourage me from going," he says. "But I feel I have to improve myself." In a displaced-persons camp on the outskirts of Nairobi, a cheery Somali is also waiting patiently to go to America, but he is in luck: he already...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: And Still They Come | 12/2/1993 | See Source »

...available for the role of his career. As Cheng Dieyi, a homosexual star of the Peking Opera who is riven by jealousy when his "stage brother" Duan Xiaolou (Zhang Fengyi) marries a call girl (Gong Li), Cheung is both steely and vulnerable, with a sexuality that transcends gender -- a Mandarin Michael Jackson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reviews Cinema: Oct. 18, 1993 | 10/18/1993 | See Source »

...available for the role of his career. As Cheng Dieyi, a homosexual star of the Peking Opera who is riven by jealousy when his "stage brother" Duan Xiaolou (Zhang Fengyi) marries a call girl (Gong Li), Cheung is both steely and vulnerable, with a sexuality that transcends gender -- a Mandarin Michael Jackson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Betrayal in Beijing | 10/4/1993 | See Source »

Imagine an orange--a big, juicy mandarin. Now take a knife--a gleaming, sharp serrated one. Slice the orange and check out the cross section. Now you've got the essence of Leverett House in the palm of your hand...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fine House | 3/13/1993 | See Source »

Whipped Creme, Body Butter, and ForPlay Condom Flavorings--including Cool Citrus, Mandarin Orange and French Vanilla--make sex a culinary, as well as a sensual, experience. Desert Shield ("Stop Naked Agression!") and Gorky Red ("The Ultimate Glasnost") condoms cater to the politically-minded, while the Slam Dunk brand gives its sports fans "Full Court Protection...

Author: By Molly B. Confer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Rubber for All Reasons | 7/7/1992 | See Source »

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