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...investigators say Beijing has taken a vacuum-cleaner approach to stealing secrets, sucking up any kind of intelligence it can find. The official spy organization is the Ministry of State Security. But it is supplemented by dozens of other government departments, each of which runs some kind of intelligence operation. Beijing also works through Hong Kong front companies or co-production agreements with U.S. firms to glean military-related secrets...
...women's dress evolve from the balloon-derriere silhouette of the 19th century to the cleaner, linear look that has characterized the 20th? This show at the Met's Costume Institute makes the dazzling and utterly convincing visual argument that what facilitated the transition was the influence of Cubist painting and theory. From the tunics of Callot Soeurs to the cylindrical day dresses of Vionnet to the drop-waist skirts of Chanel in the 1920s, fashion's deflation followed the Cubist embrace of the plane. In other words, liberated from corsets, women everywhere owe a thank-you to Picasso...
...some more stuff on this thing, dude," Meyerdirk said encouragingly, handing his friend an orange pipe-cleaner. The two were excited about the event, especially the late-afternoon dance-a-thon intended to raise money for Best Buddies...
...flock. Result: a season thus far without incident. Carter, whose drug problems got him waived from the Eagles, has become a team role model and a born-again Christian. Even Green, who was charged with sexual harassment in 1995 (the charges were later dismissed), says he has taken to cleaner living and spending more time in prayer...
...Boise dry cleaner with a hoop in his backyard and a dish on his roof, the prevailing representation of black Americans shifts from highlight-reel dunker to greedy businessperson. He who once had only to ponder the black athlete must now ponder the black man. And where else will he see a black face...