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...were to be the most lavish ever. China would spend $34 billion to refit the capital with sparkling new subways and 10 state-of-the-art stadiums. The spending was the plan of former Communist Party chief and former President Jiang Zemin, who took credit for Beijing's winning bid in 2001. The Olympic projects, it was hoped, would mark China's economic growth and proclaim its arrival as a world power. Now times have changed. Last week Liu Qi, president of the Beijing Olympic-organizing committee, scrapped half the planned stadiums in a demonstration of what he called...
...there is hope on the horizon for Japanese baseball: last week's compromise also eased long-standing restrictions on the creation of new teams. That may open the door for 31-year-old Internet tycoon Takafumi Horie, who says he wants to reform Japanese baseball but saw a previous bid for the Buffaloes spurned. If the current showdown succeeds in opening the door for him and others, it could mark the start of a turnaround for Japan's favorite sport...
Following the cancellation of the Keys concert, the council’s executive board docketed a bill to authorize the HCC to bid on artists for a fall concert in Gordon Track to compensate for the cancelled concert...
...bill grants $20,000 to HCC to bid on artists from a list of 23 possibilities. The bill tentatively scheduled the concert...
...addition to the concert bid bill, the executive board docketed a second bill that would authorize the council’s Campus Life Committee (CLC) to bid on a comedian for an October performance in Sanders Theatre with logistical advice from...