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That was hardly an outcome the U.S. could like. The one thing Washington cared about was that al-Qaeda and non-Afghan fighters in Kunduz be captured or killed. Pakistan, on the other hand, wanted to prevent a slaughter of its nationals who had flocked to the Taliban banner; there were unconfirmed tales of Pakistani planes landing in the night to spirit disillusioned volunteers away...
...ceremonial orange robe, Yan Ming is standing impossibly erect on a dusty road outside the city of Dengfeng in China's central Henan province, preparing to usher 40 of his students into the stadium that's hosting the nation's most important martial arts festival. Behind a bright red banner, they're attired in matching uniforms like other delegations?but they don't blend in. The group is as eclectic a collection of kung fu students as New York City's five boroughs could produce: a freckled Miramax exec, a black Hollywood action star, a bodybuilder with dreadlocks, a hulking...
...Ming embody the complex struggle under way for control of the legacy of a Chinese cultural landmark almost as celebrated as the Forbidden City or the Great Wall. It's a clash that pits monk against monk, disciple against master and, at least in one case, cop against banner. And the stakes are high. Shaolin monks' heroism on battlefields, both real and imagined, has been legendary for generations. But like so many institutions of China's imperial past, the temple was violently severed from its historical roots by the political upheavals of the 20th century. Its red-walled halls...
...rocket buried under the zero yard line by M.I.T. pranksters in 1990 exploded over the goalpost, suspending a banner with M.I.T. written on both sides. Yale was about to try for a field goal, which luckily sailed wide due to the M.I.T. intervention...
...look at Yale’s football website says it all. The banner reads “1999 Co-Ivy League Champions.” The sidebar article features wide receiver Eric Johnson, now the starting tight end for the San Francisco 49ers. The headline article discusses Yale’s latest 34-14 loss to Princeton, a team that boasted a 1-6 record entering the contest...