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...artifacts are "linked with China's economic and political importance in the international realm," says Kevin Ching, CEO of Sotheby's Asia, pointing out that Chinese collectors now "have the wealth to start buying things they identify with their own culture." But while Sotheby's positions itself as a friend of China in facilitating such deals ("We are proud to act as an international platform for the repatriation of these treasures," is Ching's way of putting it), many argue that the sales are not right, even if they are legal. "This issue is a moral issue," says Cindy...
...sulfur in the room. Venezuela's Hugo Chávez, star of last year's show, skipped the session this year, perhaps to tend to a new state-owned movie studio designed to help break "the dictatorship of Hollywood." But he did take time out to call his Iranian friend and compliment him for standing up to the Great Satan. And it all occurred in a week when Burmese monks were in the streets risking their lives for freedom, their actions speaking far louder than any words...
...green blood that fueled a 30-year obsession with arguably the NBA’s best franchise.And I, the hapless Midwesterner unfamiliar with this city and its inexplicable and eternal obsessions, had a front row seat (albeit not a comfortable one). I descended upon T.D. Banknorth Garden with a friend to buy Celtics tickets, using my class-free Friday to grab some seats to games against the Pistons and the Cavaliers.It seemed all of Boston had the same idea. Over 600 people were waiting in line, some having arrived as early as 6 am to snag the best seats...
...tend to take it easy because I tend to go out Thursday nights, so probably watching a movie with a friend...
...long time ago, when the Soviet Union was beginning to shatter, a Russian friend cracked a joke, and I doubled up laughing on a snowy street in Moscow. "I wish I could smile the way you Americans do," he said. I asked why he couldn't. He said he'd been trained by his parents never to show emotions in public. A stray smile could be misinterpreted, could mean the Gulag. I realized then that my reaction to his joke had been a political statement - a reflexive demonstration of my freedom. I thought about that when the laughter began...