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At the time of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 in China, it was popular to compare the brinkmanship under way in Beijing's central square to a game of poker. It was easy to watch the student protesters and read the cards on their faces: they wanted political reform...
A new book out this week offers the first glimpse inside the top level of China's leadership during those difficult days. The American editors of The Tiananmen Papers (Public Affairs; $30) compare the book's trove of memos, speeches and meeting notes to the Pentagon Papers leaked during the...
To verify my deterioration, I signed up to take the SATs again so I could objectively compare my current self with my old, quite impressive, high school self, who got a score of 1480. Anyone can sign up online, as long as he can come up with creative answers like...
Besides which, the premise of this show has been exploited for years on the syndicated "Change of Heart," which sends couples on dates with other people to compare notes, and somehow the watchdog groups that jumped on "Temptation" haven't seen fit to launch a crusade against that show. The...
It's almost obscene to compare Bush's predicament to Lincoln's. But it is true that Bush must unify a divided nation. He lost the popular vote by 337,000, and many Americans believe he lost Florida and thus the electoral contest as well--and a non-binding, after...