Word: westernizes
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Toilet creations aren't new to China. The ancient Chinese may have been the first to use the throne - a flush toilet was found in a tomb of a Western Han Dynasty (206 B.C. to A.D. 24) king - and they invented toilet paper in the 6th century. Modern Toilet owner Wang Zi-wei, 29, an ex-banker, got his idea from the Japanese robot cartoon character Jichiwawa, who loves to play with poop and swirl it on a stick. Inspired by that image, Wang began selling chocolate ice cream swirls on paper squat toilets. Customers loved them and wanted more...
...been defiled by such pursuit of partisan equilibrium. Issues ought to be decided on their merits, not their political repercussions. Sure, a degree of politicization has always been present on Capitol Hill, but this brand of congressional balance-of-power politics was conspicuously absent from the postbellum annexation of Western states, including Hawaii and Alaska. What does it say of the state of our nation that the issue of D.C. voting rights has exposed a political schism reminiscent of antebellum America...
...campus, the Hutton is offering a grand-opening two-night weekend package, "With Love from Nashville," which includes champagne upon arrival, a candlelit dinner for two at the hotel's restaurant, plus a complimentary martini, breakfast and a $5 gift card from Amazon.com - use it to download any country western song you hear around town, the home of the Grand Ol' Opry. Rates start at $479 and are valid Friday through Sunday, through April 30. 1808 West End Avenue...
...major split is over how much Europe's richer western countries should do to help their poorer eastern neighbors. Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany has appealed for $230 billion in aid for eastern member states who have been hardest hit by the economic crisis, plus streamlined access to the Eurozone, or the 16 countries who use Europe's common currency. Without help, he says, there is likely to be a new economic "Iron Curtain" across Europe. (See pictures of the changes in Europe...
...only on a country-by-country basis, as well as repeated mantras about avoiding protectionism. But if the show of unity was unconvincing, the issues are very real. Crashing exchange rates, soaring debts and failing banks: eastern European economies have fallen far faster and harder than their richer, Western neighbors. Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek - whose country currently holds the E.U.'s presidency - says the developing recession is "the greatest crisis in the history of European integration...