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...surprised if you find yourself craving the ingredients of Burton’s fantasy world—from the store signs to the scenery—as much as Wonka’s chocolate river, which looks disturbingly real. You may be forced to run to the concession stand to replenish your SnoCaps...
...snow will never come, and I miserably bask on the sands of Ipanema beach, mingling with the sparsely clad natives, my heart longing for those February mornings at Harvard when I stumble out of my room and step into a deliciously crusty puddle of slightly-polluted slush. Instead, I stand atop the Pão de Açucar, a prominence circled by Guanabara Bay, facing the city, and I see Rio soaking in its own mild winter (scoff!) sunset, the waves washing up against the city lights. I kneel on the ground and lift my arms...
...program to develop,” Holden said. “Obviously, the last two years we’ve had consistent leadership out of the junior and senior class at the premier spot. This gives some players the opportunity to establish themselves. They have the opportunity to stand...
Little did I know that the magnitude of the job of stand-in housewife would be more overwhelming than the magnitude of my too-large thesis topic...
...Hong Kong aspire to be the Monte Carlo of China? The question may seem absurd. For a start, Hong Kong is a commercial city of nearly 7 million people; Monte Carlo a town of just 16,000. Yet Monte Carlo is a metaphor for things that Hong Kong should stand for?quality, wealth, low taxes and a sort of independence. A more obvious comparison might be London, which, despite Britain's decline, has maintained its global status thanks to a multinational population and the determination of its financial markets to see the world as their hinterland...