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December 4th 2011
Showdown at the raisin bin: I was in the supermarket (Carrefour’s, I go there for cream for my dear one’s coffee) when I stopped at the open bin of raisins. Nearby there are raisins packed in cellophane. Grabbing one of them, as I usually do (it avoids lining up to get the package weighed) I locked eyes with a granny who was pawing through the raisins, one by one, eliminating 25% of them for s ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more