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...thing if you can't find pork at your local market. You can always buy chicken. But rice has no good substitute in many Asian diets. In Mandarin, the word for rice is also the word for food. The Thai phrase "to eat" translates as "eat rice." "Rice isn't just another commodity," says Robert Zeigler, director general of the International Rice Research Institute in Manila. "In Asia, rice has cultural, social and, in many places, even a religious role, so it carries much more psychological weight." Indeed, Asian nations have reacted to the mere prospect of shortage with something...
...North Korea in the past has proven almost impervious to economic punishment. The Rodong Sinmun already warned that Lee's hard line "throws a hurdle in the way of the settlement of the nuclear issue." Kim Jong Il, after all, is always looking for an excuse to break his word...
...Mugabe's Road "Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose," goes the Kris Kristofferson lyric. It might have been written about Zimbabwe's freedom from colonialist rule 28 years ago [March 31]. Now, sadly, that freedom amounts to hyperinflation, barren farms, food scarcities and the flight of millions of citizens. It's time for Mugabe to go. Zimbabwe has nothing left to lose. Ron Eddy, Auckland...
...sponsored by the Harvard Book Store, Allende described her motives for writing “The Sum of Our Days,” saying that after her daughter died, she felt the “need to write things to understand them,” and that the written word let her “contain the grief.” Despite the somber story behind the novel, Allende’s tales were filled with humor and wit. When pressed by audience members about the source of her humor, Allende responded that “humor is not something...
...pleasant feel of a neighborhood establishment. Locals stand and wait for an open table during peak hours. Families, couples, and even police officers crowd the joint for hours—some coming for take-out, others staying for a sit-down meal. “We rely on word of mouth. We don’t spend one dime on advertising,” Reno says. “If you have great food, people will find it.”The Hoxallari brothers’ popularity and success is well-deserved. The menu, scrawled on a blackboard in pink...