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...inside the gate, Zhao was busy at work, taping the journal that now gives him a final say about what really happened and what might have been. It's a fitting final act for a man who made enormous contributions to today's China. Although Deng generally gets credit for modernizing China's economy, it was Zhao who brought about the innovations - from breaking up Mao's collective farms to creating freewheeling special economic zones along the coast - that jolted China's economy from its slumber. And it was Zhao who had to continually outflank powerful rivals who didn...
...Swimming in Inya Lake near Suu Kyi's home is banned, and the opposition leader is rarely allowed any visitors, apart from her doctor. Roadblocks often discourage passersby and people who do manage to get near the front gate are usually photographed by security personnel. No previous successful attempt of someone sneaking into her house from the lake has ever been reported...
...Even so, countries continue to take precautions. Officials at Tokyo's Narita International Airport have installed a device at the arrival gate for flights from Mexico to measure the temperature of disembarking passengers, and passengers flying into the Philippines who report fevers have been quarantined in government hospitals. (Read "Battling Swine Flu: The Lessons from SARS...
...called a success, there was one very important aspect of 2009 that had been missing from 2008: progress.Like last year, the campaign started off with adversity. Perlman injured his elbow in his first start and saw his season erased by Tommy John surgery. The Crimson sputtered out of the gate again—this time in Louisiana—getting knocked around during Spring Break once more by teams that were simply out of its league. Then the team was swept by Columbia in the first doubleheader of the Ivy League season, and it looked like Harvard would be delivering...
...Officers were dispatched to investigate a report of an individual chasing other individuals around a gate in Harvard Yard. The officer reported that the individual was an affiliate and was not chasing anyone...