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...line is representative. The problem remains that most Americans already know the suffering of the Clive Davises of the world. They simply do not care. The record companies have been pouting for nearly a decade, nervously adjusting their ties in anticipation of a business model rendered rudderless by the advent of the Internet and new media. Most Americans still click “download” without a tinge of sympathy, not out of contempt for their favorite musicians but for the grubby intermediary that skims around 85 percent off each record sale. But now their desperation has begotten tactics...
...year ago, when North Korea tested a nuclear weapon. The latest deal, however, required a change of heart not only on the part of North Korea, but also by the Bush Administration. Persuading North Korea to put down its nukes required reversing the position Washington has adopted since the advent of the current Bush Administration, of refusing to countenance security guarantees for a regime famously "loathed" by President Bush, and insisting that Pyongyang not be rewarded for behaving badly...
...most restrictions on reporting in China by foreign journalists were lifted. Rather than apply for official interviews and trips outside Beijing through the Foreign Ministry, reporters can now interview anyone, anywhere, as long as they have prior consent. But that has been just about the single concrete advance the advent of the Olympics has brought to the cause of a free press in China, and it applies only to foreign journalists. For local reporters, conditions have actually worsened. An Amnesty International report last month described a new crackdown on domestic media, including continued imprisonment of journalists and writers, forced dismissals...
...build the great docks at Wapping and the Isle of Dogs, as well as gigantic warehouses to store the city's burgeoning trading wealth. Work on the docks spawned whole new riverside communities in areas such as Silvertown, which flourished for 150 years before fading with the advent in the '70s of container ships too big even for the Thames. But Ackroyd is no damp-eyed nostalgist. In the redevelopment of the Docklands area, where a towering new financial district has grown up and where the old warehouses are now swanky lofts, he sees continuity and a return...
...model of what is called a "washlet," but its options included a warmed seat, bidet cleansing, spray cleansing (a rather different angle and spray from the bidet option), a "powerful deodorizer" and, of course, the "flushing sound" with adjustable volume. The last function is also ecologically friendly. Before the advent of the artificial running-water noise, many Japanese would camouflage the sound of their ablutions by flushing, thereby wasting tons of water...