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...Plus business is picking up in Angola, the world?s per capita leader in active land mines (more than 9 million) and land mine victims (around 90,000). According to a U.N. report Thursday, rebel forces are actually re-planting mines along major highways previously cleared of the weapons ? the three-year old peace accord notwithstanding...
Park's extremely fast tempo in the rondo must have challenged the orchestra, but profitably. As the music zipped along, the piano runs were absolutely absolved of any scalar quality, and became bright, voluble utterances. The winds were especially agile and in accord, and the violists and violinists seemed to be listening to each other carefully. The thunderous applause at the finish might have been the doing of a nascent Andrew Park fan club...
...Moscow was relatively quiet on the public holiday, now known as the Day of Reconciliation and Accord. ?Most people stayed home, and tonight they?ll be drinking,? says Meier. At least they can be sure of finding vodka in the stores these days...
...American democracy, from Williamsburg, Virginia's colonial capital, to Philadelphia's Liberty Bell. * The Chinese government insisted on establishing Jiang's itinerary, intentionally giving it an aura of Americana to showcase the Communist leader in places reminiscent of American patriotism. The Chinese also demanded that the United States accord Jiang the highest state and military honors, as a state visitor of the top rank. * Jiang's eight-day trip began at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, last Sunday and will, when it ends next Sunday, have taken him on a tour of seven cities: Honolulu, Williamsburg, Washington, Philadelphia, New York, Boston...
...part Jiang needs the visit to confirm him as a major player on the global stage and consolidate his power against Beijing hard-liners. While the nation?s leaders, on both sides of the aisle, are likely to accord Jiang the respect he needs, the Chinese leader's dealings with the press and hostile congressmen, a scheduled speech at Harvard, and the likelihood that he?ll be dogged by protests across the country, all create potential for damaging incidents beyond the control of the administration...