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...efforts to curtail unrestrained bank lending and excessive investment in sectors such as real estate and automaking, China's economy surged 9.7% in the first quarter this year, well above the government's 7% target. Another worrisome sign: fixed-asset investment spiked 43% in the first quarter, with the bulk of it going into the already frothy heavy-industry sector. Raghuram Rajan, chief researcher at the International Monetary Fund, warned last week of "signs of overheating," while Morgan Stanley's chief China economist, Andy Xie, asserted more bluntly that the mainland's economy was a "bubble...
...Green Grants Bill, which would have given up to an additional $200 to student groups that incorporate policies such as using soy-based inks for printed materials and buying products in bulk, failed by a vote of 24-19, with two abstentions...
...dance—the first 30 seconds of the two minute piece the choreographer/soloist spent sitting still and rigid on a chair. Like the blank canvas which is art because it is the absence of art, this piece was dance in the absence of dance for the bulk of its duration. The momentum came out in a few spurts, unreflective of the music, and subsided into stillness again...
Like The Blind Assassin and many of her other novels, the bulk of Oryx and Crake is told in flashback, giving the reader a peculiar sense of suspense for events that have already taken place. In a mystery novel, Atwood says, “the immediate story is who gets to be dead. If, however, you’re dealing with a family, then that’s where the story...
...approval Wednesday of Sharon's plan to unilaterally redraw the de facto boundaries between Israel and the Palestinians has provoked a chorus of criticism in the Middle East and Europe. Perhaps mindful of the inevitable backlash, President Bush framed his endorsement of Israel's claim to keep the bulk of its settlements in the West Bank as consistent with previous peace plans. "In light of new realities on the ground, including already existing major Israeli population centers, it is unrealistic to expect that the outcome of final status negotiations will be a full and complete return to the armistice lines...