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Admittedly, life in the hutongs--the narrow alleyways lined with single-story courtyard houses that are the heart of old Beijing and have suffered the greatest destruction--is no picnic. Most of the courtyard houses that held one family before Beijing fell to the Communists in 1949 are now packed with five or six. Toilets and showers are communal and sometimes hundreds of meters away. Heating comes from smoky coal fires, and deaths from asphyxiation are common. Xu Xiaotang, who has lived in the same central-Beijing alley for nearly a half- century, would move out tomorrow if he could...
Every student has had one of those Friday nights when he or she has bemoaned the inconveniently narrow Harvard beds. Now, unfortunately for Dunster residents, length has also become an issue, as has closet size, dresser size, desk size, and every other Harvard-issued dorm accessory. “One closet is so small, we can’t fit hangers in it the right way,” said Mariah A. Bush ’10, opening a door to reveal a sad little closet in which coats were hanging with their lapels facing the opening. And Bush wasn?...
...stakes are high and the outcome will have an impact far beyond Lebanon's narrow borders. And that is why some Lebanese fear that the bomb blast is a grim portent for what lies ahead...
...Gaza." She added: "We will make every effort to deal with their humanitarian needs." But aid officials are skeptical that the moves being weighed by Israel such as turning off the power supply will hurt only militants and not the Palestinian civilians, many of them refugees, crowded into the narrow Gaza Strip. One international aid representative in Jerusalem denounced the plan as "nothing less than collective punishment," while U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged Israel to reconsider, warning that "such a step would be contrary to Israel's obligations towards the civilian population under international humanitarian and human rights...
...Still, community leaders like Clarence Chu believe that the key to Locke's survival is the ability of its Chinese heritage to bring visitors and dollars to its Main Street - a narrow strip of historic buildings and art galleries. "I'm hoping that businesspeople will see the potential to make money," says Chu. At the Ning Hou gallery, a Shanghainese artist's abstract sculptures and impressionist paintings carry price tags as high as $50,000. Inside the Dai Loy gambling museum, exhibits show how punters used teacups and buttons for table games to disguise gambling paraphernalia from the police. Dealers...