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...Henan and Guangdong provinces overturned cars and attacked officials accused of corruption. The anger is strongest in a vast countryside where hundreds of millions have been bypassed by economic development and face increasingly hard lives. (Premier Zhu Rongji acknowledged last week that "incomes for farmers in some major grain producing areas ... are decreasing...
Girl movies go against the grain of the recent Hollywood norm, which is that guys rule. To synopsize the prevailing wisdom: movies are about revenge; TV is about reconciliation. Reconciliation is also the theme of the typical girl movie; it traces parallel paths of self-discovery and fence mending. (A Walk to Remember and Crossroads have about a dozen of these I-forgive-you-oh-no-let-me-forgive-you-first scenes.) Audiences trained to expect a climax of bloody or comic revenge have to settle for hugs and smiles and maybe a tear. To enjoy these films...
...believe the U.S. patent was intended to restrict American imports of their basmati rice and boost sales of RiceTec's products, which are sold under names like Texmati and Kasmati. RiceTec denies those claims and says it developed its rice for "American tastes." Indian basmati is a more delicate grain and has a stronger flavor than the shorter-grained Texmati. Still, Indian politicians have called for an international trademark on basmati that would restrict use of the label to rice that comes from the foothills of the Himalayas...
...believe the U.S. patent was intended to restrict American imports of their basmati rice and boost sales of RiceTec's products, which are sold under names like Texmati and Kasmati. RiceTec denies those claims and says it developed its rice for "American tastes." Indian basmati is a more delicate grain and has a stronger flavor than the shorter-grained Texmati. Still, Indian politicians have called for an international trademark on basmati that would restrict use of the label to rice that comes from the foothills of the Himalayas...
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