The same play with the nine or 10

Colin Mochrie, a Canadian who is one of the stars in the funny improvisational show "Whose Line is it Anyway?" said, "Nine out of 10 Americans believe that out of 10 people, one person will always disagree with the other nine."

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The 2015 Lhasa Travel Photos Contest and Lhasa Tourism Product Design Contest

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The loser can be hard to foresee

Henri Poincare, a French polymath who died in 1912, said, "It is far better to foresee even without certainty than not to foresee at all."

A mania for meat

When I was in middle school, my classmates and I used to like to have dinner at a barbecue restaurant near our campus.

There's more to American food than burgers and french fries

Take the words "American" and "food", and you have the ingredients for a popular misconception: In the United States the cooking lessons ended once the burgers, French fries and ketchup hit the table.

My days in England

Taiwan sojourn

Cathy Ervay's semi-memoir about the foods of her heritage is such a luminous homage to the cuisine of Taiwan, it's surprising to learn that it came about almost by accident.

'San bei' flavors a crowd pleaser

"I really love the san bei dishes - San Bei Ji (Three Cup Chicken), or San Bei Squid, or clams or eggplant," says The Food of Taiwan author Cathy Erway. "It has a flavor combination that I find irresistible, and I think it's so much fun that you can apply it to practically anything, like lamb or tofu and who knows what else.

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Beijing Fun with food

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2015 WDSF World Open DanceSport Championship in Shenzhen

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