Word: space
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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People of all ages stop to buy rice porridge or yu-t'iao, a deep-fried cruller that sells for 20. Others, in every available space, are somberly engaged in t'ai-chi-ch'uan, the balletic, trancelike exercise that is supposed to tone all muscles and compose the soul...
...distinct regional cuisines, and in each city the cooks vie to outdo their competitors elsewhere. A banquet consists of several dozen delicacies, orchestrated with regard for flavor, texture and color. Each begins like an opera, with an enticing overture leading ineluctably on toward the major arias. Because they lack space for pasturage, the central Chinese south of the Yellow River do not eat much beef or lamb. Most specialties are based on chicken, duck, pork, bountiful vegetables and a huge variety of fresh-and saltwater fish and shellfish. It is basically a cuisine of survival, in which every last conceivably...
...windmill is more a symbol than a solution to the practical energy needs of today," Malarkey added. Though the company is not officially open yet, Malarkey is pleased with the volume of business. The store has sold several space-heating boilers, and has attracted many browsers...
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama, a city of over 160,000 and the third largest in the state, overshadows nearby Decatur. Huntsville grew phenomenally in the '50s because of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration--Werner von Braun and his associates built and designed the first Saturn rockets there. Due to the top-secret level of the project, Huntsville grew out of Redstone Arsenal Army base--a major Army installation. The government took over the growth of the city and its surrounding vicinity. As a result, school desegregation met with few problems; integrated neighborhoods have always been common in both Huntsville and Decatur...
...separation from the School "has never given a chance to live with our family," Moore said, the family consisting of the Institute, the administration, the faculty, the programs and the students. The Kennedy School of Government has come a long way since Price had to scrounge around for class space. It also has a long way to go before it can fulfill Bok's vision of a Harvard Business School for the public sector...