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...time. He put in a bit of work, debating issues with President Jiang Zemin, delivering a major speech, engaging in wonky chatfests with "ordinary" Chinese citizens, and he seemed to enjoy those too. Much of the time, though, Clinton and his family were touring, gazing at the fabulous terra-cotta army of Xian, the Great Wall, the neon-lit Shanghai Bund at night, the ethereal karst mountains of Guilin and the towering tangle of Hong Kong's skyscrapers. It was a lot more fun than hanging around Washington not answering questions about Monica Lewinsky. As White House spokesman Michael McCurry...
Although Rudenstine will devote much time to cultural learning including a visit to the inland city of Xi'an to see the excavation of an army of terra cotta soldiers buried by the Qin dynasty in the 3rd century B.C., fundraising will be a large component of the trip. "Certainly there will be some people from the development office going," Huppe said...
Then he will make a side trip to the inland city of Xi'an in mainland China to see a popular tourist spot--the excavations of an army of terra cotta soldiers buried by the Qin dynasty in the 3rd century...
...summer of 1995, she saw a town out of time: lovely Victorian, Italianate and clapboard houses with wraparound porches and flags fluttering in the breeze; a shopping district of three-story brick buildings anchored by a domed courthouse, a gabled hotel and the Murphy Theater, a brick-and-terra-cotta confection with a delightful Art Deco marquee. Dooley grabbed her husband's arm and cried, "This is it!" Wilmington seemed to be that "protected environment," she says, "where we could raise our kids in peace...
...chamber orchestra plays from the balcony behind the audience, directing attention to the sparsely furnished stage. The set consists of a wooden platform with a few copper colored and terra cotta vessels, a pair of bronze-like columns and a garden statue cherub...