Word: shopped
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Cultural Revolution, he belonged to a rebel faction in his home town of Tianjin. There he once helped loot and burn a Roman Catholic church. Chastened by those outbursts, he has become a sculptor whose brooding images, carved from blocks of wood bought at a local firewood shop, show the evils of political fanaticism. "When I was a Red Guard," Wang says, pointing to his work, "I would have smashed all of this...
There have been other initiatives as well. A parents' group called the Committee to Stop Children's Murders (Stop) set up shop in June at a local mall, established a 24-hour hotline, and began undertaking some detective work on its own. It receives 20 to 50 calls a day, but not one tip has panned out. Schools are scheduling lessons on street safety taught by visiting police; television coverage has included a film re-enacting some of the crimes; and police fraternal organizations are distributing 100,000 bumper stickers reading: KIDS, DON'T GO WITH STRANGERS...
...something eerily reminiscent of the city's "liberation" three years before: the growl of tanks on the broad boulevards. This time, the goal of Hanoi's forces was to stamp out capitalist trade in the Cholon business district. Squads of Communist Youth League zealots searched every shop and warehouse. Merchandise was seized; stores were padlocked. Employers of more than five people were denounced as exploiters of the working class. Family-run produce markets were allowed to stay in business-but only if they held their profit margins...
...also thwarted Gazit's academic ambitions. Although he received his mater's degree in archaeology from Hebrew University--like fellow Israeli diplomat Moshe Dayan--escalating hostilities with the Arabs led Gazit to conclude that he had to "continue serving the new state rather than minding my own little shop...
Much of the appeal of gourmet foods lies in the gracious ambience of the shops. The typical store is still small, family operated and full of friendly aromas and advice. For this reason, shop owners do not fear competition from Sears and supermarkets that are also starting to stock epicurean items. Says Dutch-born Dirk Ten-Bosch, who owns Maison Gourmet in Atlanta: "People come here because they like to be featherbedded. I mean pampered...