Word: expression
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...essay "Asian Values" effectively described the political reality of Hong Kong today [July 12]. Last February I found myself there for a few days, and I was completely smitten with the city and its people. My single greatest impression was the willingness of many of the locals to express their disdain for Beijing. Everyone I spoke with described the prc leadership as being dishonest and heavy handed. The citizens of Hong Kong are clearly not interested in toeing Beijing's line. I hope that the prc has the wisdom not to turn Hong Kong into a slaughter ground in order...
...about using the media to express his views. He made 21 live radio appearances from 1999-2003, mostly in the Philippines. During these spots he would rail against the worldwide Jewish and American conspiracies supposedly out to ruin him, calling the Jews "filthy, lying bastard people" and the U.S. a "brutal, evil dictatorship." When the World Trade Center was destroyed on Sept. 11, 2001, he announced on Philippine radio: "This is wonderful news. I applaud the act ... I want to see the U.S. wiped...
...supported a proposal to give the CIA director more control over the nation's 15 intelligence agencies and their combined budget, now $40 billion, but he did little to press for the changes. "If you look at all the things the agency is being criticized for now, did he express any interest in fixing these problems, particularly before 9/11?" asks a former intelligence official. "Not a lot." Democrats complain that as the presidential race has heated up, Goss hasn't been shy about protecting Bush or attacking Kerry...
...square; his face is too long; his upper lip sweats a bit. In 20 years, he will be great for a John Kerry biopic. But Krause's face, at once Teutonic and boyish, is perfect for what directors ask it to do again and again: express agony. Krause, who has a new film out this week, a Broadway play that opened July 29 and a leading role in HBO's Six Feet Under (Sundays at 9 p.m.), is having the time of his life playing men who are in hell...
...Apple Computer; from cancer surgery; in Cupertino, Calif. He announced the details of his condition--a rare but treatable form of pancreatic cancer--via a company-wide email in which he noted, "I'm sending this from my hospital bed using my 17-inch PowerBook and an AirPort Express...