A quarter century ago, Patty and I packed for a trip to China.They gave us a very tight weight limit for our packed bag. Twenty-eight pounds. No more. No problem, we thought.After packing only what Americans would see as essentials, we weighed our suitcase, and it weighed over ninety pounds.That would be more than the average Chinese airline worker tasked with shlepping our...
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