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...Hardenne after four years of marriage, she won 10 of the 14 events she entered, becoming the first player in women's tour history to win $5 million in a year. She is the reigning champion at the French and U.S. Opens and has won all the Grand Slams except Wimbledon...
...opposite pole of plutocracy from Tony Stark. Royalton doesn't make things; he crushes people, to attain "the unassailable might of money." Speed's victory would be one for the independent entrepreneurs (the Racers are literally a Mom-and-Pops outfit) over the-global industrial complex. Which is fine, except that the Wachowskis, backed by uber-producer Joel Silver and Warner Bros., are not exactly underdogs. Indeed, they need vast resources to mount the lavish spectacle they've envisioned...
When Newt Gingrich responded to one of your 10 Questions [May 5] with "the only zone where the dollar's value matters to us is the purchase of oil," he reminded me of the old joke: "Except for that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?" Arthur Katz, BETHLEHEM...
...could go and whom they could talk to that they were often forced to scan the pages of the state media for subtle hints of change in official policy. Nowadays, under special rules enacted ahead of the Beijing Olympics, journalists are theoretically free to roam China and interview anyone. Except of course for Tibet and its bordering regions. Since the bloody anti-Chinese protests of March 10-16, reporters have once again been barred from Tibet and had to fall back on scanning the People's Daily and other government mouthpieces for hints of what is going...
...feature of all Disneyland parks except Hong Kong - until now - the "Small World" ride debuted at the 1964 World's Fair in New York. And it exemplified the optimistic post-World War II attitude of inclusivity and global understanding that drove the creation of such institutions as the United Nations, although from the perspective of a victorious and magnanimous industrialized West. Having spent many hours on the ride in my California youth, I couldn't help but wonder how Disney would translate the message of "Small World" in an era so profoundly different - particularly at a theme park whose desired...