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To: J_Locke who wrote (29964)	4/3/2005 10:37:33 PM
From: shades	Respond to of 110194

hotboards.com nytimes.com Eat, Memory: Our Lady of Lawson By PICO IYER ... The Japanese are so good at keeping up appearances that few signs are ever evident of the series of recent recessions. But over the years, I have seen poor Mrs. Hirata's husband (the store's manager) open his doors around the clock and take the graveyard shift himself. The place started to stock tequila-sunrise cocktails in a can, and little bottles of wine. Soon even the Hiratas' two high-school-age sons were being pressed into service (unpaid, I'm sure).