Word: forbidden
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...another Emmons error, the host nation's very own Qiu Jian would win the gold medal, with Emmons finishing fourth. In Athens, Emmons also gave China a gift. Because of his gaffe, rival shooter Jia Zhanbo lucked into gold. Give this guy a room for life in the Forbidden City...
...gracious loving. And no less than Vicky and Cristina, Allen is almost starstruck by the Spaniards, and the Mediterranean ease in forming, then releasing, sexual liaisons. The hallmark of his characters is the fumbling confession of furtive love; but in this idealized Catalonia, where nothing romantic is forbidden, everything is beautiful, as natural as breathing in synch with the woman who has fallen asleep in your arms...
Saturday night's dinner amidst the gardens of the Jianfu Palace, tucked away in the Northwest corner of the Forbidden City, brought together the power brokers who had forged the ties that today bind China and the United States. Blue bloods and red bloods, you might say, gathered for a valedictory celebration of their achievements: Hosted by Hong Kong real estate developer Ronnie Chan, the purpose was to put a punctuation mark at the end of an era - an exclamation point, not a period...
...grounds of the Commune, sipping champagne and listening to rock bands and rappers alike - at one point the guests dancing, memorably, to the version of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech set to a hip-hop beat. You wouldn't hear that in the Forbidden City...
...historical accident. Nothing about China, in the late summer of 2008, was preordained. Li, a celebrity in China for his success as well his good looks, understands this acutely, and put it succinctly: "Without them,'' he said, referring the generation saying their good byes at the Forbidden City,"without what they have done, we don't exist...