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...authority. By and large, this formula has been a success. China's growing prosperity has won it an essentially docile populace and escalating prominence as a world power. Until recently, this strategy has also proved effective in underwriting Beijing's preferred interpretation of "one country, two systems," the nebulous concept that governs the mainland's relations with Hong Kong and Macau, and that it hopes some day to apply to Taiwan. As the Chinese leadership sees it, self-governance in the offshore enclaves is just fine so long as it doesn't interfere with governance by Beijing. But the past...
...also just not natural; comedy is inherently competitive and interactive. And although the idea of comedy duos seems antiquated--from the black-and-whiteness of Laurel and Hardy to the '60s snobbery of Elaine May and Mike Nichols--Ben Stiller, 38, and Owen Wilson, 35, have resuscitated the concept, playing off each other in a series of six simultaneously smart and stupid films, including The Royal Tenenbaums, Zoolander and Meet the Parents. Stiller, whose parents Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara were a comedy team in the '60s and '70s, updates Lou Costello with an agitated everyman, while Wilson does...
...promoted: Alessandra Facchinetti, Alfreda Giannini and John Ray at Gucci, and Stefano Pilati at YSL. All four are Ford-trained, but none yet possess the star power many consider essential to the success of luxury labels. "We are going to be watching with great anticipation whether this new concept for Gucci will be valid," said Burt Tansky, chief executive of luxury retailer Neiman Marcus. The likely appointments come at a critical time...
There’s a story behind all the tracks too, about a witch-hunt and a Neverending Story type “nothing” that eats up the countryside and makes everybody crazy. It’s a cool concept, but I never saw folks dancing to no concepts before. But then it seems that’s the point. Ugly Angus is an artist and it’s not his job to stir your feet. What a self-important joke. Anyone who demands respect like this does not deserve...
...coalition pledges its allegiance to Islam and to the concept of the clerical Supreme Leader as the guide within Islamic governance. Its program promises job-creation and lower inflation, greater equality and economic justice for the working class, security for domestic and foreign investors, and greater privatization. These promises resonated with an electorate suffering unemployment levels higher than 25 percent, while many breadwinners are forced to hold down several jobs to make ends meet...