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...good guanxi." In Shanghai itself the city's world-famous acrobats attract bigger audiences by sponsoring fashion shows between tumbles. A university in Guangdong has branched out to invest in a three-story bar in Shanghai whose top floor, called Lovers' World, features 15 banquettes where couples can smooch in privacy. Even the People's Liberation Army has got into the act. Knowing that . swank hotels are truly the country's most exotic tourist attractions, the P.L.A. is a co-owner of Beijing's poshest, the Palace, where two gold-colored Rolls-Royce Corniches are available for special guests...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Day in The Life . . . . . . Of China: Free to Fly Inside the Cage | 10/2/1989 | See Source »

...female impersonators. But be warned--if you go to one of the funny drag shows, don't sit up front unless you can take a little ribbing. The entertainers like to interact with the audience, so don't be surprised if a man dressed as Marilyn Monroe leaves red smooch-marks all over your face and neck...

Author: By Rebecca L. Walkowitz, | Title: Avoiding the Crowds | 2/18/1989 | See Source »

...second act challenges the actors to make the transition from the conniving to the compassionate side of the same characters, a challenge only Thomas meets. As Henry and Annie fight and smooch it out, Hoagland seems to portray a completely new person. But perhaps this difficulty stems from the problem Henry mentions when he is reworking a play: "I don't know how to write love. It's either childish or its rude...

Author: By Matthew L. Schuerman, | Title: Applause that Refreshes | 3/11/1988 | See Source »

...times, they say, in the forms of intimate remembrance. Look at his most famous photograph, of a sailor planting a resolute kiss during the 1945 V-J day celebration in Times Square. A confident grip on the future at the hub of the American universe, a heartfelt smooch at the world's most celebrated intersection of the public and the private -- what other postwar picture at once acknowledged the historical moment, summed up the elation of the victors and even hinted at the baby boom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: You Must Remember This | 12/22/1986 | See Source »

...shall she reap." Thus, this week she will open an exhibit of some thoroughly priceless paintings at the Berry-Hill Galleries in New York City. Titled "Miss Piggy's Art Masterpieces: Treasures from the Kermitage Collection," the show will feature such dubious classics as Rodin's The Smooch, Botticelli's The Birth of You Know Who, and the piece of resistance, Da Vinci's The Mona Piga. Like other celebrated art collectors, Miss Piggy has already developed a philanthropic streak: the proceeds from the exhibit will be donated to the pediatrics department of New York City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Dec. 12, 1983 | 12/12/1983 | See Source »

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