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...French sinologist who added similar objects, increasing the collection to around 10,000 pieces, before donating it to the Fundação Oriente. The foundation has also enlarged the collection (by some 2,000 items), and its astonishing breadth is merely hinted at by the new museum display, which numbers just 650 pieces...
...There was almost a kind of instinctual, animal acuity on display when Russert did an interview. He would lean forward, savoring what he took in, seeming to smell and taste the answers more than hearing them, picking up immediately and viscerally on the slightest off note. Russert earned plenty of detractors among those who felt that, on the one hand, he engaged in "gotcha" journalism, and on the other, he was too clubby with Washington insiders. But his Meet the Press was anything but toothless, and it became established as a required trial by fire for political leaders...
...www.georgianantiques.net, visitors can browse a 50,000-sq.-ft. (460 sq m) space - one of the largest antiques stores in Scotland - and pick up everything from a 19th century mahogany chiffonier to an early 20th century hall lantern with beveled glass. More modern but equally pricey artifacts are on display at Leith Gallery, www.the-leith-gallery.co.uk, where director Jan Morrison showcases the work of both young and established Scottish contemporary artists...
...Ministry increased to $714 million, from $428 million the year before. "With the Olympics in Beijing, we want to make sure we do very well," says Hao Qiang, head of the Sports Ministry's competition-and-training department. "Otherwise, the public will be very disappointed that we did not display proper national spirit." It's a pricey endeavor: each of China's gold medals will cost the state upwards of $7 million, according to Bao Mingxiao, director of the Sports Ministry's Institute of Physical Science. At the Qingdao City Sports School, one of the country's top breeding grounds...
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