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...RUSSIA The remorseless assassins in From Russia with Love (1963) were bent on burying us. Hurrah for James Bond...
MOSCOW: A high-profile tax raid by Russia on its leading tax defaulter, Gazprom, was calculated to impress the IMF, says TIME correspondent Andrew Meier. But even if it accomplishes that, the international body is unlikely to cut the big check Russia so desperately needs. "The IMF seems bent on playing high-stakes brinkmanship," says Meier, "extorting vows to slash the budget and strip the fat before it will agree to bail Russia out." But Russia's condition is deteriorating rapidly...
...Game 7, with about six minutes left, it appeared for a moment that the Bulls were going to lose: they seemed tired, Jordan palpably weary, bent over, hands on hips when others were shooting fouls, a telltale sign of fatigue with him. Then, in one of those remarkable demonstrations of willpower that have become the signature of his entire career, Jordan's will to excel helped energize his body, and he summoned just enough strength to continue to drive to the basket, get to the foul line, or draw a crowd and pass off to teammates for open shots. That...
Jiang and his colleagues dislike Taiwan's President Lee personally and believe he is bent on splitting the island from the mainland. Still, it could get even worse from their point of view. The platform of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party calls for "the establishment of a sovereign Taiwan Republic." But the straits crisis of 1996 sobered the party's leaders, and they are busy revising their approach, now saying they would hold off indefinitely on independence and use it as a defensive tool. If China became too threatening, the D.P.P. says, it would call a referendum on independence, then...
...problem as the world witnessed how the brain and the muscles could work in perfect coordination on the aesthetic spot. Apollo and Dionysus met in the sweating container of a genius from New Orleans whose sensitivity and passion were epic in completely new terms. In his radical reinterpretations, Armstrong bent and twisted popular songs with his horn and his voice until they were shorn of sentimentality and elevated to serious art. He brought the change agent of swing to the world, the most revolutionary rhythm of his century. He learned how to dress and became a fashion plate. His slang...