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...says Lim Huck Chin, a conservation architect. "Going out now has a more human face." See for yourself in one of these heritage hangouts. Saray: This palate-pleasing Turkish restaurant is decorated with hookahs and Turkey's famed Iznik tiles. The signature "Swooning Imam Beside Eggplant" dish comes with pita bread baked on the premises. An added bonus: in the evenings, erudite owner Fatima Chan holds forth on Ottoman art. tel: (60-3) 2694 9724 Bar SaVanh: Koi carp ponds, opium beds and mammoth buddha heads combine to make Bar SaVanh the slickest place along Jalan Doraisamy for aperitifs. Soak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Colonial Cool | 10/21/2004 | See Source »

...thought Harvard was choked by its own bureaucracy, I suggest trying to order a chocolate milkshake and french fries at your typical Cairene Hardee’s (look, even the most cultured of us crack under the pressure of daily falafel and pita, so give me a break). One man takes your order while another stands and gapes, a third grabs a cup, a fourth corrects him, a fifth pours the shake before a sixth puts on the cap while a seventh fumbles with the register and barks orders to an eighth who will fetch your shake?...

Author: By Rebecca D. O’brien, | Title: West Denial Virus | 7/2/2004 | See Source »

...videos taken of them eating nice meals would be used as propaganda. In reality, Agliana told TIME last week, the food was snatched away as soon as the cameras stopped rolling and the Italians were bound and forced to lie on the floor. Meals were limited mostly to pita bread and broth, and the men were often given only dirty water to drink, Agliana said. To cope, the three took on roles, with Salvatore Stefio's good English making him "the Leader." Agliana said he fell into the part of "the Strong One." "It's in the family...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: There's No Place Like Home | 6/13/2004 | See Source »

...scene between Susan Sarandon and Catherine Deneuve. Since then, Tony Scott has audaciously continued to hijack mainstream film. Now, he is reunited with Crimson Tide costar Denzel Washington for the story of Creasy, an alcoholic former Special Forces operative recruited by his old friend Rayburn (Christopher Walken) to guard Pita (Dakota Fanning), the young daughter of Mexico City businessman Samuel (Latin heartthrob Marc Anthony). Pita is kidnapped during a shootout with unknown assailants, and in response, Creasy begins his campaign to “do what I do best,” as he puts it to Pita?...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Happenings | 4/30/2004 | See Source »

Creasy and Pita quickly get over the initial awkwardness of their textbook odd-couple relationship when the lovably gruff guard notices he can help the cherubic, threatened swan’s swimming technique. Washington, meanwhile, channels his forceful yet charismatic Remember The Titans performance, berating the girl until she successfully stops flinching from the sound of the race’s starting shot. Surprisingly, Scott lavishes a substantial chunk of time on the astonishingly cute friendship—a decision which makes the audience actually care when Pita is kidnapped during a shootout with unknown assailants...

Author: By Scoop A. Wasserstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Film Review: Man on Fire | 4/23/2004 | See Source »

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