Green is the catchword. The media constantly talks of the need to conserve the planet, its precious resources and promote sustainable development. These are words and adjectives that would crop up during our daily encounters with stories, and one almost took them for granted.
A fast-moving fire that blazed for several hours and consumed the iconic more than 800-year-old Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday has changed the Paris skyline, and evoked an outpouring of sorrow and shock from people across the world.
Editor's note: This year marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China.
Shortly before Mike Delfino of Desperate Housewives fame met his maker at the business end of a loanshark's sidearm halfway through season 8, he had a heartfelt homeboy meal with his wife Susan and son MJ at a greasy spoon. I must have been fasting at the time because I was fixated by the barebones beauty of the burger - the Kaiser roll bun wrapped around a bit of Bessie, with crunchy iceberg lettuce, sliced tomatoes, onions, pickles and fresh ground pepper (though this latter is an assumption on my part and not visible on the long-running series at the time).
Editor's note: This year marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China.
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