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...cantina, guys getting drunk and singing with a bottle of tequila,” Suros said. “Many people in Mexico, especially the high society stopped drinking. It was for the peasants, the workers. The United States started drinking it. Then tequila became okay to drink again.” As to past prejudices about the quality of tequila, Suros explained that poor tequila was produced beginning with the outbreak of World War II. The liquor exports of Europe declined and because tequila was made in the Americas its sales skyrocketed in the United States. But demand severely...
...wise to hold off. "The government basically said, 'You'd be a complete idiot to buy an apartment right now because we're going to make sure that prices drop like a stone,'" says the investment bank analyst. "Now the government is telling them it's not just okay to buy, it would be a great time to buy and the banks will be happy to lend to you. Of course people will start buying again." In other words, having deliberately caused much of the problem in the first place with an eye to restructuring the country's economy, Beijing...
...Some of the ideas you see tonight may be captivating, some may be controversial, and that’s okay,” said Steven G. Cecil, a principal architect at the Cecil Group, an urban planning firm that is advising the Boston Redevelopment Authority...
...think.” Caleb said something on the other end of the line. “I was until today,” she said. “I know, can I call you back? Umm, like in 20 minutes?” She laughs. “Okay, go take a shower.” Andrea told me that she jokes to Caleb that they should have “a marriage of political convenience.” “I could help him get elected in western Texas, there’s a lot of Latino...
...Caleb least of all. If it was “preposterous” for a 21-year-old to talk about wanting to be president, was it preposterous simply to want it? I asked Caleb. We were on the Mall, to the east of the Washington Monument. Is it okay just to want it? I asked. How would you respond to that? “‘I chuckle as I turn my head to look at the Capitol,’” Caleb said. And he did just that. CLARIFICATIONThe Nov. 12 magazine article "Kids...