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...jade-green grapes, bright red Coca-Cola sportswear and Begonia Flower-brand silk lingerie. A balding trader, waving a fan, hawks Christian Dior-label shirts. They cost 100 yuan ($27) abroad, he confides, but his price is only 25 yuan ($6). A real bargain. The yellow license in his stall identifies him as a ge ti hu (private entrepreneur), who sells his wares on the free market...
...Chief Zhao Ziyang, offers a glimpse of just how potent the economic force of self-interest can be. The energetic proprietress of the "Freindship" restaurant points to fresh fish writhing in a bucket, trying to persuade passersby that her culinary skills outshine her grasp of English spelling. A street stall displaying posters of the rock group Wham! advertises a dazzling red-and-blue "American garment." Private traders without permanent stands spread out blankets with photos of movie stars, horoscope cards and plastic hair brushes...
Before last night's conference, Marxist activists were questioned by the Harvard police for soliciting donations on University property. Although the activists eventually were allowed by conference organizers to set up a stall for their newspapers--just a few feet from the portrait of Reed in the House dining hall--the irony of the moment was not lost...
Buddy starts to stall. "Well, we'll be glad to pay our debts," he says, "But if do, will you let us join in on the...uh, peacekeeping...operations in the Persian Gulf...
...already suspicious because of the burglary in [Adams] F-41 this weekend--a radio got stolen, said Fernando. "As soon as he left, I called the police." He said he then tried to stall the suspected thief, but the intruder bolted down the stairs, beginning the chase that took Fernando and three friends down Adams House's E-entry stairway...