True, many in Beijing, especially those whose counterparts in the capitalist world are called yuppies, affect a boredom for the games (Pan-Pan, the games' panda mascot, is irritatingly ubiquitous).
But it may also herald the re-emergence, after a decades-long trend among Israel's neighbours to accommodate the Jewish state, of a broad rejectionist front, this time inspired by pan-Islamist feeling rather than the pan-Arab nationalism of the 1960s and 1970s.
Try the borscht (tangy and tasty), the pan-roasted sea scallops on a crab cake crust, the pan-roasted chicken with a morel flan and the spice-rubbed Long Island duck.
In our, family we've been calling the trustee the "tai-pan" because in the book Noble House by James Clavell, the tai-pan was the one descendant in each generation who was chosen to manage the family's wealth to advance the family's mission as much as possible.
Venezuela is the main shareholder in Telesur, a Caracas-based pan-American TV.
Responses flooded in from commentators, including companies like DaimlerChrysler, consumer groups like the London-based Consumers in Europe Group, and lawyers'trade organizations such as the Chicago-based Defense Research Institute and the Nottingham, England-based Pan-European Organisation of Personal Injury Lawyers.
His net worth doubled in two years, thanks mostly to the stock run-up of pan-Latin American wireless telecom outfit Am??rica M??vil.
But, more seriously, the coming of the euro is part of a process involving the centralisation of economic power and decision-making in pan-European bodies.
From 2 to 7 July 2010, the city of Turin, Italy (the Lingotto Conference and Exhibition Centre) will host the biennial multi-disciplinary, pan-European ESOF2010 (EuroScience Open Forum).
Nearby, the Musgrave Market heaves with tropical fruits, colorful hand-woven textiles and music merchants selling custom-mixed CDs by pan-Caribbean reggae, calypso and soca artists.
And yet, says Rajat Nag, the ADB's managing director, for the past 20-odd years a pan-Asian conversation about the benefits of deeper integration has only grown.
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"From the birth of the Lebanese state, Tripoli has resisted being a part of Lebanon, " said Ahmad al QasQas, a media representative for the Lebanese chapter of Hizb al-Tahrir, a pan-Arab Islamist party with aspirations for one nation spanning the region under the rule of an emir.
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Not surprisingly, there are hardly any retail fund-management companies with a pan-Asian pedigree.
And its backers, including Mr. Bush, hope it will help keep hope alive among the Western Hemisphere's nations for the long-promised but repeatedly postponed Pan-American trade pact, the Free Trade Area of the Americas.
Imad al-Din Adib in the pan-Arab Saudi-owned Al-Sharq al-Awsat agrees that the killing of the US ambassador and three of his aides "is a humanitarian and political catastrophe" with implications for "Washington's ties with the region as a whole".
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Col Ojukwu's Biafran aspirations where supported by Tanzania's first President, Julius Nyerere - the influential African statesman and pan-Africanist.
Mr Klaus's flinty vision of independent states, co-operating but certainly not melding, runs against Mr Havel's consensual, welfare-conscious welcome of a cosier pan-European embrace.
The menu runs the gamut, from pistachio-crusted tuna and grilled octopus to a pan-seared duck or braised veal shank.
Africa-pessimists are quick to belittle all this pan-African institution-building, and it is easy to point to the failures.
Chile in turn agreed to co-ordinate with Mercosur its position in the talks on pan-American free trade that are due to be launched at a 34-country summit in April.
Gordon Ramsay has previously advised Singapore Airlines on its premium in-flight menus, which include offerings such as a pan-seared salmon escalopes, and tender rib eye steaks in red wine sauce.
Rent-seeking and sheer profitability provide strong incentives for powerful pan-Asian logging networks to stay one step ahead of environmentalists trying to regulate the flow of logs from countries such as Indonesia.
Best bets: heirloom squash and chestnut soup, coriander-seared duck breast with roasted parsnip and sweet potato sauce, pan-seared trout with sweet pea and corn pancakes.
As Bill Clinton prepared for an official visit to Mexico and Central America, Latin Americans at a high-level meeting in Atlanta accused the United States of footdragging over pan-American free trade.
Even as France has played key roles in international hot-spots in places like Libya and Syria, not to mention during the pan-European debt crisis, the domestic economy has been a prime focus of the election.
Fusion creates live 3D models of both people and objects, while Interactions adds a whole variety of recognizable gestures to the Kinect for Windows SDK ("push-to-press buttons, grip-to-pan capabilities, and support for smart ways to accommodate multiple users and two-person interactions, " says Microsoft).
Two large stage shows - Peter Pan and Jesus Christ Superstar - and music legends Fleetwood Mac are also planned for the first month.
The return match will be staged in Cairo at the 37, 000-seat Military Academy Stadium because the much bigger Cairo Stadium is needed for the Pan-Arab Games.
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Bids in Europe were driven by competition between cellular-industry giants such as Vodaphone that are vying to be the first to create a pan-European network.
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