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...languages for Americans to learn. When it comes to learning Chinese, however, we Japanese have a bit of an edge over speakers of other languages. Thankfully, we use Chinese characters our ancestors imported from China. In fact, on my solo trip there, I managed to communicate with a tea-shop owner for about an hour without talking. We did it, of course, by writing Chinese characters and smiling over cups of tea. Tetsuro Umeji Kudamatsu, Japan...
...store as a kind of neighborhood store that you pop into when you’re looking for a basic T-shirt or underwear,” he said. “It doesn’t necessarily have to be a place you need to go to shop.” Because the American Apparel on Newbury Street is located in an area known for shopping, McKelvey said the company was interested in opening a store in an area that was a little more “neighborhoody.” McKelvey said the store will target...
...indeed, that even young children know the Hebrew word pigua, which means “terrorist attack.” Israelis have endured years of such attacks, yet they continue to ride public buses and shop in malls and go to clubs because this is their home, and they will not live in fear. Hebrew University’s Frank Sinatra Cafeteria, where nine people were killed and 85 injured in a bombing by Hamas in July 2002, is always packed at lunchtime. I eat there almost every...
...fight with Israel and focus on improving living standards at home. "I don't think it's right to support them when our own people are hungry," says Mohammad Reza Afshari, 23, a mechanic who works two jobs yet still cannot afford to move out or attend college. The shop where he works abuts a vast mural depicting a female suicide bomber with a baby in her arms, accompanied by the words I LOVE MOTHERHOOD, BUT I LOVE MARTYRDOM MORE. Frustration with such propaganda underpins young people's reactions to the conflict. "Where are the Arabs?" asks Afshari angrily. "They...
...Bikkembergs and Marina Yee, a.k.a. the Antwerp Six?who were forging a distinctive deconstructionist style, a world away from Belgium's moules-frites-and-cherry-beer reputation. But today it's Brussels?and its Quartier Dansaert?that's ? la mode. At 74 Rue Antoine Dansaert is Stijl?the shop that began the revolution, tel: (32-2) 512 0313. Until 10 years ago, cheap rents and the store's not-so-cheap Flemish clothes were probably the only reason to linger in this neglected part of town that stretches from the Bourse down to the canal district. Today Stijl...