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When the leader of the world's most populous country speaks, people listen--though it isn't always easy. Jiang Zemin, President of China, gives speeches loaded with fusty rhetoric, like "the primary stage of socialism" and "We will strive unswervingly to resolutely uphold Deng Xiaoping thought." His slicked-back...
The engineer from Shanghai still had much to learn about life at the top. A friend and former colleague recalls an incident in which Jiang was asked for a special favor by one of the Old Guard generation of revolutionary heroes who wielded enormous power. Jiang refused, saying it would...
The school places enormous emphasis on technology. There is an Edison-owned computer in every student's house, which has helped create an extraordinary partnership among teachers, school and parents. Children are able to E-mail homework to themselves or their teachers, while parents can review their children's progress...
What a spectacle, a feast for the senses! Foxboro Stadium, the home of the New England Patriots, was awash with people, filling not only the regular football seating but also cramming the playing field. The stage, an enormous construction dominated by speakers, lights and immense curtains, was set up where...
As would be expected, the sound system was no less impressive. Enormous towers of speakers fully as high as the facade of the stadium, strategically positioned, infused the entire space with incredible vibratory energy, so compelling and powerful it was easy to confuse the thumping of the bass drum with...