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...Moreover, most economists expect Beijing will successfully cool growth without major economic disruption. "I don't see a 'sky-is-falling' scenario," says Bruce Murray, country director for the Asian Development Bank in Beijing. "It's not like exports to China are going to crash. China will continue to grow at a significant rate" of 8.3% this year and 8.2% in 2005, he estimates. But that's not to say that some overheated sectors in which investment has been rampant will not suffer. Beijing has targeted a number of industries-among them aluminum, autos, construction supplies, real estate, steel...
Pastore, who refused to meet with Project representatives, told CRIMSON correspondent Bruce L. Paisner '64 in an exclusive interview that the testing controversy must be settled "by clear heads knowing all the facts," not by "an emotional outburst...
Tillman made a career out of turning no into yes. His college football coach Bruce Snyder told Tillman that he might have to redshirt him--hold him back--for his first year. Perhaps Snyder was expecting him to grow. "He looked me dead in the eye and said, 'Coach, I'm not going to redshirt.' I thought he didn't understand what I meant," says Snyder, "so I started to explain it. But he said, 'Coach, you don't have to play me. I'm going to graduate in four years, so as long as I'm around...
There was more to the Kids than drag, though, and more to their drag than easy yuks. They were postfeminist men having absurd, dark fun with gender roles and p.c., long before The Man Show dumbed both subjects down. As Bruce McCulloch recalls in a bonus-disc interview, for instance, his girlfriend's being hit on by leches inspired Cabbage Head, a vegetable-pated boor who claims women who won't sleep with him are bigots. ("It's because I have a cabbage for a head, isn't it?!") The Kids were also among the first TV comics to deal...
...zoomed from zero to $300 million in sales. This year's goal is in the neighborhood of $400 million. While the endless stream of J.Lo by Jennifer Lopez merchandise hardly creates a feeling of exclusivity, Lopez rarely appears in the promo campaigns, thus preserving some of her scarcity. Nevertheless, Bruce Tait of Fallon Brand Consulting cautions, "When any brand extends beyond its perceived core, consumers often look at it as a greedy move, and that can create animosity...