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...This gray-brick warehouse on the outskirts of Beijing is a typical, small-time meth lab. Here, the six members of the Li family oversee the process of creating crystalline methamphetamine. Their neighbors, says father Li, think they are making legal chemicals, which is why crystals are drying out in the open between two warehouses. "No one knows that this isn't an agricultural product," he smiles. "No one knows what methamphetamines look like." After Li's speed is processed it is handed over to local crime gangs, who ship it to Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia and Australia or take...
Having grown up on India's stormy southeastern coast, I have experienced some of Nature's terrifying moods. But not even a full-blown tropical cyclone can reduce a city of brick, stone and mortar into a mountain of rubble. An earthquake is especially terrifying because it shakes our most fundamental belief, that the ground beneath us is solid. Although I have volunteered to help in the relief effort, I'm truly, deeply, frightened?and will remain so for the duration as aftershocks, at least six a day, rumble underfoot. These are mostly mild, 3.5 to 4.5 on the Richter...
...find it ironic that in the one area where the University has decided to take a progressive stance we are least likely to welcome change. There are some institutions and traditions that deserve to remain untainted, and the red brick buildings that define the Harvard style are fundamentally tied to the University's identity. We enjoy reveling in the beauty and history of this place...
...administration is willing to listen to us plenty, but they don't give any indication of responding," Elfenbein says. "They have a soft spot for us, but only as long as we are willing to run our head up against the brick wall of administrative indifference...
...typically mirror those of the rest of the country. When a busload of TIME journalists traveling across the country on Route 50 visited the town four years ago, its economy was booming (even though residents were wary about trusting their good fortune). Paint Street, once a wasteland of decaying brick buildings, was dotted with antique shops and boutiques. Real estate prices were soaring. Shoppers scooped up 12,000 BTU air conditioners and top-of-the-line wrought-iron patio furniture...