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...Russians "favor a 'leader with a strong hand'" over the 33% who prefer democracy to solve the nation's problems...
...usually is," says Burrell, Mario Batali's longtime sous chef on Iron Chef America. Burrell takes the same low-key approach to typography and design. At Centro Vinoteca, the New York City restaurant where she is executive chef, Burrell uses all lowercase letters in a basic Garamond font. "I prefer to underpromise and overdeliver...
...wild means never knowing when the next famine is going to strike. Best to load up on calories when you can - even if that famine never comes. "We're not only programmed to eat a lot," says Sharman Apt Russell, author of Hunger: An Unnatural History, "but to prefer foods that are high in calories." What's more, the better we got at producing food, the easier it became. If you're a settler, you eat a lot of buffalo in part because you need a lot of buffalo - at least after burning so many calories hunting and killing...
...near her. Behind them is a poster of Chairman Mao Zedong, the founder of the People's Republic and architect of China's state sports system. "Once, I liked to run in the fields near my village," she begins softly. The propaganda official steps in. "But now, she prefers weight-lifting," he says. "Her goal is to become a star athlete and make China proud." Cloud looks down at her callused hands, which can thrust 35 kg into the air but are now shaking from nerves. "I prefer weight-lifting now," she says. "I want to become a star athlete...
...Mohsen Rajabpour, has no patience for musicians' complaints about permits. "If you try hard, you'll get a permit. Give me another year and I'll produce a rap album," he says self-assuredly, adding that the reason rock and rap haven't been officially successful is because Iranians prefer pop music. "Iranians are instinctively drawn to emotionality in music," he says, leaning back in the executive armchair of his slick black-walled record company...