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...cost of the dish here is four times what you'd pay out on the street. For these workers, who cannot afford to buy a thing in this mall, not even a bottle of water, everything seems surreally expensive; the surreal getting inflated by 12% isn't an event...
...event began with footage of Winston Churchill's push for resistance to the Nazi menace: "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills, we shall never surrender!" Then came footage of McCain's push for George W. Bush's re-election: "Keep that faith. Keep your courage. Stick together. Stay strong. Do not yield. Do not flinch. Stand up. ... We're Americans, and we'll never surrender!" There was a snippet from Teddy Roosevelt, then McCain, then more Churchill...
...quite as dominating as in the 2007 World Championships when the Chinese pair won gold by 22 points, an almost unheard of margin. The Chinese men's win came a day after their female compatriots, Guo Jingjing and Wu Minxia, nabbed gold in the synchronized 3m springboard event...
...possible eight diving golds, delivering more victories to their homeland than any other national squad. At this year's World Cup, the Chinese were even more commanding, capturing all but one of the eight golds on offer. (The sole miss came from the men's individual 10m platform event...
...China's most celebrated female Olympian, and that has translated into more, officially approved lucrative advertising contracts. (The Chinese state sports system makes sure to keep a chunk of her endorsement revenue.) On August 17th, Guo will defend her second Olympic gold, this time in the individual 3m springboard event...