But now its restaurants, especially in big cities, play host to grannies entertaining an only grandchild or elderly matchmakers running impromptu dating agencies alongside the more lucrative customers.
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" He said that parents were too focused on mapping a straight-line journey from cradle to lucrative career.
Though you'd normally need a whole load of lucrative stock options to make a $1 paypacket stretch for a year.
It is true that bookstores are not as lucrative as some shopping malls or restaurants.
While the position may sound interesting and lucrative, it is vastly important to fully research where it can take you and what training or experience you need to succeed in this field.
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Karim was a people smuggler--it was a pretty lucrative business then, driving people out of Shorawi-occupied Kabul to the relative safety of Pakistan.
" 'Shopping is a lucrative business.
And let's face it; spending a decade working on the hottest sitcom on the air is a pretty lucrative gig.
These options may mean you haveto spend before you can earn (whether that's on marketing, certification orsupplies), but eventually, you could produce a lucrative side business.
The fourth episode of the series is still in post-production, but the trilogy has become one of the most lucrative Chinese movie series in history, earning a total of 1.
Ms Montgomery told MailOnline that the town is probably lucrative for someone who wants to own and run a bar - since Swett Tavern is successful and the only watering hole for 10 miles.
Marzavan was not forgotten, but was given a lucrative post at court, with a promise of further advancement.
But that is not a very lucrative office, and therefore he praised fasting.
The neighbors were separated, the mother of the little girl was dead, and her father had thoughts of marrying again and of residing in the capital, where he had been promised a very lucrative appointment as messenger.
