When I was growing up in the ‘70s and ‘80s, “portly” people were a constant source of derision. Cartoon, children’s book and slapstick movie characters from Fat Albert to Fred Flintstone, PC Plod to Augustus Gloop, and Fatty Arbuckle to Oliver Hardy, were always portrayed as slow, dim-witted, inept, greedy …
Read More »China stops exporting gas to North Korea
China will limit from October 1 the export of certain oil products to North Korea and the import of textiles from Korea.“The Ministry of Commerce said in a statement on its web site that China will limit the export of oil products from October 1 and will immediately prohibit the …
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