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...publicist. His first movie opens nationwide today. He’s sworn to secrecy, forbidden by his nine-month contract from divulging any plotlines in the widely publicized release...
...first SARS death in early March, just as the city was hosting the politically sensitive National People's Congress. Health authorities quickly called an emergency meeting but instead of instructing doctors on how to contain the disease through public-education campaigns, Jiang says medical officials told physicians they were "forbidden to publicize" the SARS death "in order to ensure stability." Physicians in Shanghai were instructed by the municipal health bureau not to wear masks in the hospital, except in isolation wards and a few select diagnostic rooms, to prevent panic...
...many singles, a noisy bar is the perfect setting for the rituals of courtship. But for others, loud voices, pounding music and noisy cell phones make the sweet nothings too hard to hear. Enter the Quiet Party, where all talking above a gentle whisper is banned, cell phones are forbidden and the jukebox is muted. Participants chat mostly via notes; some are suggestive, others discuss current events, while still others seek creative potential mates by starting chain stories. The first Quiet Party took place in New York City last November, and now the idea is spreading nationwide. The first international...
...equivalent of a royal flush. Between deals he weaves in an anecdotal history that makes the case for poker as America's real national game--baseball's seedier older brother--and the story of a local Vegas gambling prince whose murder is a cautionary tale about the price of forbidden pleasures. Positively Fifth Street--the title is poker slang for the last, and often crucial, card in a hand of Texas hold'em--takes us into a mesmerizing mirror world peopled by lost souls for whom a game has become more important than real life. It's a fascinating place...
...murder, he had been due to address a group of Arab journalists flown to the town by the U.S. military - and had been expected to cast the U.S.-led invasion in a positive light. But his security had been provided by his own supporters - U.S. troops are forbidden from entering the mosque...