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...auto ban aims to curb a Chinese importing spree Between September 1984 and March 1985, the country's foreign-exchange reserves declined from nearly $17 billion to about $11 billion. The government also hopes to encourage domestic car production...
...influence on my life. My grandfather Shia Seicol had come to the U.S. from Russia. He had a great passion for America and an amazing love of country. In New Haven, Conn., where they lived, we were always going to parades. My grandfather and I would stand on the curb, and he'd be holding my hand; I could feel his hand breaking my fingers when the flag was coming by, and the martial music was playing. I'd look up into his face and see a tear...
...television comedy, an innovative format informed by the same reality genre that is ostensibly usurping its place. It shies away from the usual tropes afflicting sitcoms: ethnic mismatches, didactic moralizing, happy endings. The format falls in the same category as Larry David’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and Fox’s “Arrested Development,” shows shot in a single-camera, verité style that move away from the theatrical quality of traditional sitcoms...
...Senate minority leader Harry Reid is spooked by Republican threats to curb the mighty filibuster in order to get President Bush's judges appointed to the bench, he isn't showing it. In a private meeting last week with Reid, majority leader Bill Frist said he wanted a compromise over seven judges whom the President renominated in February and whom Democrats are threatening to filibuster. Reid told TIME Frist didn't give details, but said he would postpone a G.O.P. move to eliminate judicial filibusters until mid-May at the earliest while he works on a deal. Reid's response...
...residence if they suspect someone under 21 is consuming liquor, even if adults are present. Dubbed the house-party ordinance, it has been adopted in 43 of the state's 169 municipalities, but in Stratford it has split neighbors between those who see the measure as a way to curb underage drinking and those who argue that it undermines parental authority and violates privacy rights...