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...lucky break quickly turned sour when the Democracy Wall movement broke out and the minister who helped Zhang was publicly attacked for using personal influence to bend the rules. Mention of Zhang's unorthodox admission cropped up in the "big-character posters" that festooned the school's walls. Added to this uncomfortable notoriety was the stigma of being a provincial rube of questionable political background, nine years older than most of his classmates at a school dominated by native Beijingers, many of whom were eagerly joining the Communist Party. So Zhang switched to the more prestigious major of film directing...
...Whiskey Sour...
...times fancy descriptions are just trying to cover up ordinary food." The only thing ordinary about Pern's pub is the language on the menu. The lunch card changes daily and might include pressed foie gras terrine with a gooseberry relish, carpaccio of beef with crackling and sour cream dressing, or just a comfort-food combo of home-baked bread and 15 British cheeses. The dinner fare gets a bit more sophisticated and includes warm salad of pigeon, crab with green herb mayonnaise, spiced pork belly, and cod and lobster stew. Desserts such as caramelized lemon tart and dark chocolate...
...very impressive: Moist chicken breasts, marinated in a sweet but tangy peanut sauce, are served with beansprouts, cucumber and shredded carrots with leaves of round lettuce which one can fashion into a sloppy natural wrap. Taquitos are crisply fried, filled with chicken and served with mammoth scoops of guacamole, sour cream and salsa. The salsa, in fact, also doubles as the tomato topping for the bruschetta: as any good factory owner will tell you, consolidation on economies of scale is an easy way to increase profitability...
...summer loving turned sour the day after Halloween, when the boyfriend broke a planned clubbing date, claiming that he had suddenly begun to feel ill. Marcus called his room later and found he’d gone out. After a few brief perusals of the gay clubs on Lansdowne Street, Marcus found his boyfriend with someone he’d met on the Internet...