And spare parts are hard to come by in a region which some foreign suppliers shun for fear of being kidnapped.
KERSHAW SHUN: For its sheer beauty and versatility I loved this meat cleaver, designed by Ken Onion for KershawShun, a division of the Japanese company Kai.
One day I met Shun for lunch at Miyako Zushi, an old and well-regarded restaurant not far from Asakusa station that is neither flashy nor particularly plush but very proper.
Bollywood a name several Indian actors shun for that implication that it's simply the Eastern sister of Hollywood has also discovered the magic of aggressive marketing as it reaches out to wealthy nonresident Indian audiences in the West, through a new breed of professional film companies.
That sustained revenue is what's drawing more of the longtime holdouts -- including the Eagles and Metallica -- to the streaming services they used to shun for fear of cannibalizing their record sales.
Recesses also provide Congress with arbitrary but effective functional deadlines, which can push legislators into last minute gear on nuts and bolts governance they shun for big-ticket debates when given the time.
