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...Teremok restaurants or 70 Teremok kiosks in St. Petersburg and Moscow--which provide an equally cheerful customer experience--teenagers in red uniforms greet customers with a smile. Then, according to highly specific instructions laid out in the company handbook, they take, prepare and deliver orders. But in a twist on the concept that the customer is king, the wait staff's salutation is sudar or sudarynia, archaic Russian terms for "master" and "mistress." Teremok's fare consists not of American-style burgers but of Russian-style blini, the traditional thin pancakes, delivered with chain-restaurant consistency at fast-food prices...
...detainment matter? I was the first American, the first white person, the first student, and the first whose story had a twist of interest to the tech community. But in the month since I’ve been back, my translator and friend, Mohammed Salah Ahmed Maree, to whom I owe much if not most of the credit for my work there, has been behind bars...
...often tasteless one-liners: “Susan’s on the ra-ag; now the rag’s on her head!” Somewhere between screen and seats, a cast of actors acts out what’s happening on stage, but perhaps with a twist, like (in Harvard Square) “Star Wars...
...Martin’s experience seemed to put her ahead in the race for the top spot on the depth chart. But the injury bug bit the Harvard goaltending corps once again, only this time it was Martin who went down and Kessler who emerged the starter. The twist of fate prompted a historic season in which Kessler wrote herself into the NCAA record book—accomplishing in just her second year what took the Crimson’s last great netminder, Ali Boe ’06, an entire career.On March 8, Kessler stopped all 13 shots sent...
...vamps aimlessly, adding shaggy-dog tales and swapping out stars for years too long. ABC's decision--which made the show more like a limited-run British series or The Sopranos--freed Lost to launch an endgame. In last season's finale, the show threw in a mind-blowing twist, jumping forward in time to reveal that several characters made it off the island. The move expanded the canvas yet pointed to a conclusion and made the series compelling again...