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...Samsung, Chung Hwan Oak was more used to giving orders than taking them. So making sales calls for his new catering business turned out to be particularly hard on his pride. After bowing deeply, Chung, 49, would pitch his hot-pot lunches -- steaming vegetables seasoned with shrimps and fiery pepper sauce -- then explain how he'd lost his job at the giant conglomerate. Often people just slammed the door in his face. Those who listened didn't offer him a chair. The frosty treatment stung, but Chung knew what was behind it. In status-conscious Korea, Samsung...
...only thing you can do against a hot goalie is to shoot the puck. If we can pepper him with 15 shots a period, we're bound to get some goals," McCarthy said. "And we need to have a screen man in front of the net. I don't care how hot a goalie is, if he can't see the shot, he can't save...
...bust our cubes for you!" (What more could a customer ask for?) "The Ice Man cometh seven days a week." (Does he?) "Is one really enough?" (One bag? Probably not!) These are just a few of the slogans that pepper the outer walls of Boston's largest self-serve ice receptacle which occupies a small lot on the border of the Cambridge and Somerville, 100 Kirkland St. According to local legend, a little man named George lives inside the landmark. It is he who 24/7 offers the five-pound bags of cubed ice for $1 and $2 blocks...
...more acquired tastes, there are acres of aisles constituting a "World Market--Great Value in Any Language." Goya hanichuelas pintas abound amidst 25-pound bags of Gao Nang Thom imported Thailand jasmine white scented rice. Odd British "Wispa" and "Krunchie" chocolate treats are interspersed with ginger beer syrup and pepper sauce piquante. Star Market has even started its own line of accessories named Ser., complete with fleece neckwarmers and pillows shaped like the continental 48 states that scream, "hug America...
...corsage is passe. Boutonnieres are quite another story. "Cummerbund" has one "b." Say "how do you do," not "nice to meet you." Pass the salt and pepper together. Curtsey when you're thinking what to say, and don't scratch in public. Welcome to the jungle...