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...Ching-chong-yang-wah-ah-soh.'" In an Asian Week column early last month, the remarks were repeated, and Yao was asked for a response. Tongue in cheek, he said that Chinese was a hard language to learn. (To defuse any controversy, Yao had also sent Shaq a Christmas card, not a typical Chinese gesture.) Before the two played in Houston later in January, Shaq apologized, using the Mandarin dui bu qi. Yao invited Shaq to his home for dinner, and though O'Neal declined because of a family commitment, he congratulated Yao on his All-Star selection. Yao joked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Center Of Attention | 2/10/2003 | See Source »

...searches. But because there are more opportunities for fraud, shoppers need to take special precautions. First, make sure you buy from a site that offers a money-back guarantee so that you can return anything you don't like. Second, do your research before you type in your credit-card number. The Jewelers Vigilante Committee jvclegal.org is a good place to start; it offers a buyer's checklist and links to buying tips for diamonds, pearls, gold, silver and other precious gems...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Click and Clink | 2/10/2003 | See Source »

...rebels opposed to the government, whether or not proof exists. This time, however, if the government and police muster up the will, they could make a stronger case. Survivors say the attackers looked Hmong and spoke the Hmong language. And one military officer claims the killers left a calling card lying on the European woman's corpse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Laos' Unlucky 13 | 2/10/2003 | See Source »

...volunteers offered him a card listing his rights as well as phone numbers for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) and legal representation...

Author: By Nathan J. Heller, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students Protest At INS Registration | 2/10/2003 | See Source »

...Service submitted his fingerprints to the FBI database which stores and scans 44.5 million digital fingerprint images dating back 70 years. Within hours, the computer popped up his true name, the 1973 arrest and a wanted notice from the South Fallsburg, NY, police - feats impossible using the ink-and-card files employed until IAFIS was launched in 1999 "He thought after so long we weren't looking for him," says Lt. John Calvallo, who located Martinez in a homeless shelter. "Now he's sitting in our county jail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Long Arm of the PC | 2/10/2003 | See Source »

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