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...said her father, who had visited China. That settled it. In the summer of 1972, as she recounts in a wry, wondering memoir, Red China Blues (Anchor Books; 405 pages; $23.95), she flew to Beijing to join the workers' paradise. A valued propaganda asset, she was enrolled at Beijing University, along with minders assigned to ensure her political purity. To the horror of her fellow students, she clamored to experience the nobility of manual labor, and was eventually allowed to serve at a Beijing tool factory, pretending to make lathes. Her naivete proved to be almost, but not quite, invincible...
...appeared to families of ValuJet crash victims who received packages from the law firm of Coale & Van Susteren offering to represent them in return for 25% of any money the airline awards them. At least one package contained a picture and biography of Van Susteren, now a co-anchor on the CNN program Burden of Proof. While sending unsolicited offers isn't illegal, it is kind of cheesy, especially since the couple's firm has already been censured for soliciting clients in West Virginia. But John Coale pleads not guilty to using his wife's celebrity to reel in business...
BOOKS . . . RED CHINA BLUES: In the summer of 1972, as she recounts in a wry, wondering memoir, 'Red China Blues' (Anchor Books; 405 pages; $23.95), 19-year-old Jan Wong left home in the U.S. and flew to Beijing to join the workers' paradise. A valued propaganda asset, she was enrolled at Beijing University along with minders assigned to ensure her political purity. To the horror of her fellow students, she clamored to experience the nobility of manual labor, and eventually was allowed to serve at a Beijing tool factory, pretending to make lathes. Her language skill, anonymous Chinese face...
Clear skies and a mild breeze put smiles on the faces of seniors as they listened to the Class Day speech by NBC "Nightly News" anchor Tom Brokaw, students orations and award presentations. And at the urging of First Marshal Peter S. Cahn '96, the entire class stood to give a round of applause to parents, teachers and friends...
...present dispute centers on whether the government properly tested the belts. According to NHTSA documents, when Chrysler duplicated the federal tests, the belts still failed. Chrysler contends the anchor system works properly when the testing equipment is placed closer to the seat. The automaker says the government standard does not specify how close to the seat the equipment should be placed. The two sides will conduct further tests to use in the court case. Szczesny reports that the government will also try to subpoena internal Chrysler documents to see what the company's engineers found as they prepared the cars...