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...With the Jangs, Beijing initially acted tough, refusing for three days to let the family go. The government finally allowed them to leave with the excuse that they needed foreign medical care. It's the latest chapter in a dramatic ordeal for the family. Fifteen members had crossed the border to China by 1999. One boy, Jang Gil Su, then acquired anonymous fame through his crayon depictions of life in North Korea. The simple, cartoon-like pictures showed confessions from prisoners and a starving man cooking human body parts in a big pot. Smuggled into South Korea and published...
...mellow voice of an instructor, gently urging them to solder a union (the literal translation of the Sanskrit word yoga) between mind and body. These Type A strivers want to become Type B seekers, to lose their blues in an asana (pose), to graduate from distress to de-stress. Fifteen million Americans include some form of yoga in their fitness regimen?twice as many as did five years ago; 75% of all U.S. health clubs offer yoga classes. Many in those classes are looking not inward but behind. As supermodel Christy Turlington, a serious practitioner, says, "Some of my friends...
...advertised, the conference’s first panel, entitled “Race and the Press: The Local Story,” only scratched the surface in the debate over the responsibility of local media in shaping public perceptions of race in its allotted hour and fifteen minutes...
It’s been a strange process. Distinguished professors trek from hearing to hearing, shuttling to meet with the staff of six different members of Congress for fifteen minutes at a time. Every constituency and voting bloc is stroked—to the pro-life, the message is protecting the lives of embryos; to the pro-choice, it’s promoting the safety of women; and to minorities, it's avoiding the dangers of eugenics. Briefings and luncheons held to advertise the bills attract hordes of hungry interns, and a few curious staffers. Hearings are held, as scripted...
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