There is a scene in the less-than-beloved movie The Phantom where the hero, none other than Billy Zane of Titanic and Zoolander fame, begins to light up a cigar in the villain’s cave home. Out of nowhere a little person comes up and announces loudly “No smoking in the Skull Cave,” and prompts him to [...]
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Near my office, on a back street there is a great Sichuanese restaurant I sometimes like to have lunch with [some] colleagues. It is in the business district, but one of the charms of Beijing is that even among the modern developments, there are still some charming back alleys (for at least two more months). [...]
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Why is it that people who have made careers tearing others down so often are blinded to the fact that there is always someone gunning for their power? Soon-to-be former NY Governor Eliot Spitzer is the latest in a long line of all too-fallible men (and women) who just should have known better. Instead he [...]
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