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...exhibition. "The focus for American companies is how to create brand awareness in Cuba," says John Kavulich, president of the U.S.-Cuba Trade and Economic Council. As for Castro, who enjoyed U.S. hot dogs during his first visit to New York City in 1960, he recently tucked into a plate of U.S.-made soy spaghetti...
...lunch, Jiang sits up and casually unbuttons his sweaty, gray shirt, unself-conscious after years of on-set wardrobe changes. His assistant hands him a fresh shirt?navy blue printed with a herd of fierce, red, glaring bulls. "Ever had horse meat?" he asks as the waitress delivers a plate of blood red sashimi. He clenches a fist and then grips his tensed forearm, adopting the tone of an older, more experienced brother. "It makes you strong...
...over." Pakistan said it wanted talks over the status of Kashmir - a move India said would be premature. SPAIN ETA Arrest A suspected Basque terrorist, Aitzol Maurtua, was detained by police in the town of Algemesi, near Valencia, after a neighbor noticed that his Renault 19 had the license plate of a far older car. The plate had been taken from a scrapped Seat 127 and may have been intended for use in a terror attack. A second suspect, believed to be Iñigo Vallejo, escaped. The arrest of Maurtua led police to three ETA hideouts in an isolated...
...sawed-off shotguns casually slung across the backs of their chairs. I thought it best not to ask why. None of the other diners, well ensconced in their peeling vinyl booths, appeared perturbed. Nor was I, once my thali, or set meal, arrived. Usually served on a flat metal plate divided into sections, thalis are a traditional Indian meal comprised of vegetable curries, a lentil soup, Indian pickles, flat bread, a dessert and a crispy popadam. My Sindhi special featured a delicate green curry of walnut-sized eggplants flavored with cardamom, a spicy red concoction of chili and okra...
...their children?and the exotic chintz, porcelain, and tea sets snapped up by fashionable Brits all testify to the discomforting link between warm-and-fuzzy multiculturalism and hungry global capital. The trouble is, the Company can occasionally come off as nothing more threatening?or awe-inspiring?than an international plate collectors' club. What's missing from "Trading Places" isn't a medicinal dose of political correctness, but the full drama of early capitalism and conquest...