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Jiang has been sending warmer signals to the White House for several months and has been answered in kind, but none of the issues that breed conflict--human-rights abuse, nuclear proliferation, trade barriers, Hong Kong, Taiwan--have been settled. American intelligence agencies view the future darkly and has advised the White House that Jiang's coalition may be only a brief transition before a stronger leader takes power. Says an American intelligence official: "This is a leadership that exhibits a good mixture of hubris and insecurity...
...early Cynics were real characters, no doubt about it. Advocates of the doggy life, the Cynics were a breed of mad philosophers, terrorizing Greek antiquity with their rough-edged wisdom. Diogenes, probably the most famous Cynic, is well known for his outlandish behavior and his adoration of the "natural life." When a helpful Alexander asked the doggy sage what he could do to aid him, Diogenes replied, "Get out of my light...
...best-in-show at the 121st Westminster Kennel Club show, the second oldest sporting event in North America. (The Kentucky Derby is older by one year.) For two days every year, Madison Square Garden becomes the friendliest place in the world. Last week some 2,500 dogs, representing 156 breeds, descended upon the Garden, each hoping to work its way through the canine justice system: best of breed, best of group, best-in-show. Pa was one of the favorites, having defeated 93,725 other dogs in shows last year. But no standard schnauzer had ever won Westminster, and included...
...senior senator from Minnesota and a Democrat, Wellstone is a rare breed on the American political scene. Labeled "foolishly liberal" in the recent campaign, he was the only senator up for re-election who voted against the Republican welfare reform legislation. And he didn't do it quietly. The former Carleton College professor got up on the Senate floor in a tirade, shaming his colleagues and promising those in the chamber (and political junkies like me watching on C-SPAN) that re-elected or not, he would travel to the most depressed neighborhoods around the country to focus media attention...
Flamboyance did not breed success, however, and he had a string of convictions. Picked up yet again in a Dayton's department store the day after Thanksgiving--opening bell of the Christmas shopping season--he offered to snitch on the Dicks. Once, he said, he enjoyed such a close relationship with them that they bailed him out of jail. But now he professed embitterment at lowball paybacks. One policeman admitted, "I was a little surprised that he was giving up a source of his income." But when Thomas, dialing from memory, called the Dick residence with the offer of merchandise...