Jean de La Fontaine, a 17th-century French poet, wrote, "To win a race, the swiftness of a dart/Availeth not without a timely start."
When the Bacardi Legacy Cocktail Competition China was launched in 2013, only around 100 bartenders from across the country signed up for the event.
The Q Mex Bar and Grill at Sanlitun, Beijing, recently unveiled a series of new dishes, giving gourmands who love spicy food something to cheer about.
Often served as part of a bento set or as an ala carte dish that is part of a wider menu, tempura can be found in Japanese eateries all over Beijing.
Zhang Boya, 28, and Huang Zhan, 27, plan to have their wedding in Bali, Indonesia, in May next year.
A wedding culture exhibition which shows the evolution in local marriage customs since Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) opened in Shanghai on May 1.
The 2018 Shanghai Spring Wedding Expo that took place at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center last month attracted about 178,010 people and raked in 1.294 billion yuan ($203 million) sales, according to organizers.
Samuel Goldwyn said, "I'll take 50 percent efficiency to get 100 percent loyalty." A finesse supposedly has a 50 percent chance of success. As you know, though, in these columns, finesses win much less often than that; one succeeds only when declarer needs it.
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