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...here to our country and share it. Mr. Brash wants us to become New Zealanders. But the British when they came here referred to Maori as New Zealanders. I'm sure he doesn't want everybody to become Maori. I personally don't want to be like him." Shop owner Wilson is more easygoing. She doesn't like Brash: "He's just trying to grab votes." But she thinks of herself as "New Zealander first, Maori second. Three-quarters of my extended family are Pakeha. Whether we're black, green, yellow or blue, we're all equal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hard Line In The Quicksand | 3/1/2004 | See Source »

...overhead costs were too expensive for the store—which claims to be the nation’s oldest family-run sporting store—to remain in the Square, according to owner Jim Brine. “Rent is high for what the traffic is these days,” he said...

Author: By Joseph M. Tartakoff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Brine’s Sporting Goods To Leave Square | 3/1/2004 | See Source »

Like the lives of the couples his decisions have changed, Newsom's political career has been irrevocably altered. He began it as the millionaire owner of the PlumpJack Cafe and Winery, the son of a local judge, and the husband of former lingerie model turned CNN and Court TV commentator Kimberly Guilfoyle Newsom. At 36 he is the youngest Bay Area mayor since the Gold Rush era. Now, less than 50 days into his tenure, the slick-haired, smooth-talking politician has become both poster boy and punching bag on the hot-button issue of gay marriage. Many Democrats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I Do ... No, You Don't! | 3/1/2004 | See Source »

Whatever the reason, plenty of people will pay to play with food. At the Vinoklet Winery in Cincinnati, Ohio, couples laugh and chat at the vast communal grill while poking their slabs of mahimahi or steak. Kreso Mikulic, the mustachioed owner, bellows out advice: "A knife! You have to cut it with a knife." Setting their first date here helped kindle romance two years ago for Ali Dehner and Jeffrey Pfirrmann. "It was a good icebreaker," says Dehner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Have It Your Way | 3/1/2004 | See Source »

CoCoRo Restaurant of Chicago has long served shabu-shabu to expatriate Japanese businessmen, says owner Katsuhiro Niki. But lately, on weekends, 80% of his customers are non-Japanese. Harmony Watling discovered shabu-shabu during her honeymoon in Bora-Bora and had "so much fun" using chopsticks to swirl paper-thin slices of beef in the bubbling cauldron of water (the Japanese word shabu-shabu comes from the splashing sound). Local reviews call shabu-shabu "great date food," which puzzles Niki. "It's not for couples," he says. His wife Hitomi explains, "It's messy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Have It Your Way | 3/1/2004 | See Source »

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