Dim sum as we know it developed in Guangzhou, the cultural and commercial center of southern China, in the 18th and 19th centuries, said Maria Tam, an anthropologist at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Some view the lump sum payout as a bonus, which can be quite enticing.
Economics is not a zero-sum game as was once thought, though in many intellectual and political circles today it is still regarded as such.
Many see dim sum bonds as one of a number of developments that will ultimately lead to the internationalization of the yuan as a global reserve currency.
Chung will say less than 20 percent of that sum wound up as donations to political causes.
In their view, people think of a large lump-sum tax cut as new wealth and thus save it, while they think of the extra money that shows up in their weekly paycheck as additional income and spend it.
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To continue the interpretation, the story of Cain and Abel may be taken as an illustration of the zero-sum game of primogeniture, as well as an allegory for the slaughter of nomadic pasturage by urban agriculture.
Upstairs is a spacious salon and library serving superb cocktails and light all-day fare, such as dim sum.
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Generally, life insurance death benefits paid to a beneficiary in a lump sum are not treated as income to the recipient.
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Religious and ethical beliefs are approached in much the same way as dim sum, with samplings from Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism.
We might even learn how to modify our microbiomes, as the sum total of all these germs are called, to treat illnesses.
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Governing is not a zero-sum game and just as a rising tide lifts all boats, a growing economy is good for everyone.
Because of the way the aggregate is calculated it is not necessarily exactly the same as the sum of the three test results.
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At the stage of use, GDP is calculated as the sum of final consumption of goods and services, gross formation and net exports excluding imports.
Although foodies make pilgrimages to Hong Kong for Cantonese staples such as dim sum and barbecued pork, top-quality French or Japanese has not been a draw.
They'd operate as the sum of many independent, relatively dumb processes--just like the autonomic functions of the human central nervous system, from which they take their name.
If you're planning on taking a lump sum, and your plan hasn't been frozen, these new benefits will increase the lump-sum value, even as higher interest rates decrease it.
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The global targets the world set for itself five years ago did not emerge from the bottom up, as the sum of what might be feasible in each poor country.
Though dishes like shrimp dumplings and egg tarts are what most Westerners think of as dim sum, many locals still enjoy the old Guangzhou style, which is served at a number of restaurants.
At the time of his detention, Mr Fogle was wearing a blond wig and reportedly carrying a large sum of money, as well as technical devices and written instructions for the Russian agent he had tried to recruit.
Yesterday, the beleaguered handset maker disclosed that Apple has agreed to pay the company both a one-time lump sum and ongoing royalties as part of a deal to settle all patent infringement litigation between the two companies.
Some bankers in Moscow and Paris said they were perplexed by the case, as the sum of five million rubles is a fraction of the 100 million rubles per year that the head of a large Russian bank would expect to earn.
And I want to -- I want you to remember and I want you to remind everybody else those three simple words that summed up our last campaign and that will sum up our spirit as a people: Yes, we can.
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" Attending a workshop last weekend in Venice of the Council for the United States and Italy, I heard one of them sum up the problem as succinctly as a French aphorist: "The growth agenda is nice to say but difficult to fill up.
Even that is seen as a modest sum compared to some of the world's major universities.
"It should work out as a zero sum game, " said Michael Trippit of Oriel Securities.
Mr Morton told BBC London the bid was his final offer as any higher sum would not be financially viable.
"Road tax as a lump sum is very unpopular, but it has to be replaced with something that isn't worse, " he added.
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