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...could see the toll the impending verdict was taking on him. The eyes sagged. The usually smooth skin seemed more wrinkled. The smug smile would occasionally straighten, the corners of his thin-lipped mouth almost turning to a resigned frown. If he was bitter, however, he would never admit it, not to a reporter, nor to his Cabinet, and probably not to his friends. Yet the possibility his tenure would be abbreviated by a guilty ruling had become the defining attribute of his term. Implicit in every question was If, as in, If you are still in office...
...running factories, and they are learning that China is a dangerous place?for them in particular. Since Beijing regards Taiwan as a renegade province, Taiwanese have about the same standing as stateless people. Says Taipei's Deng Chen-chung, vice chairman of the Mainland Affairs Council: "We have to admit that there's little we can do for our Taiwanese businessmen in China." Taipei's powerlessness and Beijing's cold shoulder mean that businesspeople are "on their own, like orphans," according to Isao Chen, chairman of the Macau-Taiwan Merchants' Association...
...appreciated." West African mothers still pinch their babies' noses in the hope they will grow thinner and more European-looking. Modeling pageants still shun African shapes and stipulate slim hips. Add the influence of advertising and television and, "as much as a lot of people don't like to admit it, the belief that light skin is more desirable is deep-rooted," says Sameer Ambegaonkar, managing director of Kenyan advertising agency Scanad...
...tried to force rules on breeders, they would leave the club. "We believe we have to persuade rather than mandate," says Sampson. There is also a financial consideration: breeders pay the club $14 for each of the 250,000 annual registrations. Even the club's critics, however, admit that in recent years it has made progress in promoting some good health practices. There is a joint testing scheme with the British Veterinary Association for hip and elbow dysplasia and for eye diseases - although the take-up in some breeds is less than 10%. It also funds health research by individual...
...highly tribal atmosphere that characterizes competition football, fans of different teams rarely care to admit that they might have something in common. Yet recently, supporters of Japanese J-League sides Urawa Red Diamonds, Cerezo Osaka and Gamba Osaka have indeed found themselves on common ground, over an uncommon event - losing a player to the high-profile, highly competitive European leagues. Last Monday, Gamba Osaka's star midfielder Junichi Inamoto, 21, joined English Premier League giants Arsenal in a deal worth a reported $5.5 million. The week before, Bolton Wanderers, another Premier League side, took Cerezo Osaka's Akinori Nishizawa...