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...release a film, two TV mini-series, a full-length opera and countless books and articles about the historical conquest of Taiwan, all to fuel a sense of nationalistic indignation in its citizens. They focus mostly on events that occurred three centuries ago, when China dispatched a flotilla to grab Taiwan back from foreign (Dutch) hands. The Chinese have a term for such use of history: "shooting from shadows...
...after I put away the razor blade, I never did drugs again. But stories are rarely that neat. It was years before I stopped. I lost work, I risked my life, I even stole prescription drugs from people's medicine cabinets. I would reach past the razor blades and grab the pills. Dying can be accomplished in many ways...
...apology to China sounds exactly like what I used to say when I got into trouble at age 11. Back then, if I kicked my sister in the shin, my mom would grab my shoulder and make me apologize. After some hedging, I'd say something like, "I'm sorry your leg hurts," and try to run away. Of course my mother would then grab my neck and make me give a real apology. But the Chinese government could never be as strict as my mom. Is this what international diplomacy has come to--puerile finger pointing, posturing and pseudo...
...gallery offers is three white walls, a yellow lounge seat, a bunch of airline flight magazines and two televisions with a video stand. But then you pop a video into the VCR, take a seat on the lounge cushion, and while waiting for the video to load, grab a magazine. There the art begins...
Unlike Fuji, which views the Net as just another outlet for its retailers, Kodak is making a concerted effort to grab online photo consumers. To Kodak's eye, info imaging, as it has dubbed the digital space, remains more of an opportunity than threat, representing a vast market worth $225 billion, catering to everyone from real estate brokers to doctors who want to incorporate digital photos into their work. "Images," says Patricia Russo, a former Lucent executive who has just joined Kodak as its president, "are the most powerful form of communication...