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...wasn't quite like landing on the moon?there was oxygen, atmosphere, lots of Hello Kitty?but the 13 brave Chinese tourists who took their first steps on Taiwanese soil last week knew they were on a historic mission. After 50 years, Taiwan is allowing mainland Chinese tourists to visit. The real change, however, is coming from China, where top Beijing officials invited Taiwan's ruling, pro-independence party to cross the Strait and spoke of opening direct trading links soon. After years of saber rattling, the mainland is recognizing that mean doesn't work in Taiwan, while strong economic...
...autograph. "Please, Picabo, please, I love you," she called out in a high-pitched voice. "Please, Picabo, will you sign this for me?" Asked why she was risking trouble from her parents by sticking around so long after the event was over, Julie said: "She's so brave, and she's just so cool. She does things I don't think anyone else would do. She goes down these enormous steep hills...
...what really matters is that a good proposal is getting off the ground. Sept. 11 unleashed a flood of civic emotions, as each of us was forced to consider whether we would have been brave enough to stay behind to help an injured colleague. The first chance to turn the Selfish Generation into something more like the Greatest Generation was missed last fall when Bush urged us to return to normality--at the mall, the cineplex and Disneyland. With the unveiling of Freedom Corps, the President has a second chance to tap that well of compassion and finally get last...
...from the dance floor by sliding glass doors that would suit a space pod. If you're still buzzing after the clubs close, Fuhsing South Road in southeast Taipei has food stalls open until the wee hours. Try the niurou laobing, a beef-filled pancake, or, if you're brave, a steaming hot pot of chou doufu, stinky bean curd...
...also “73 Hours,” which borrows a chunk of its melody from Enya’s easy-listening library, while much of the rest of the album steers rather close to Björk’s Vespertine. This is a brave attempt to follow in the footsteps of the masters, and although it never ceases to be beautiful, in the end To Take With You falls just on the “elevator” side of the garden of music that is easy to listen to. Rating...