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...Forbidden City to kitschy Cultural Revolution clocks. The portraits serve as frequent reminders that, with each succeeding generation of cadres, the throw weight of Beijing has diminished. Market liberalization introduced by Mao's successor, Deng Xiaoping, started the decay by freeing millions of entrepreneurs from the state's grasp. Today, Jiang, only the third leader in the history of the People's Republic, has neither the adulation of the masses nor the authority of his predecessors. It is the thousands of mayors, governors, Communist Party chiefs and other functionaries from China's 32 provinces who have become the nation...
...impact of gifted programs, it is crucial to group gifted students together for the sake of their social maturation. In their socially and academically formative years, gifted kids should be surrounded with those who memorize Shakespeare for fun, solve complex quadratic equations in their heads, and who yet cannot grasp some simple social conventions of propriety. Together, these children learn how to properly interact with other members of their social group and become more comfortable with themselves as individuals. It is important for gifted kids to be surrounded with other talented students because only then can they think of themselves...
...concerned editor sends him on the reporting junket of a lifetime, traveling to mythical lairs?Babylon, Tibet, Shangri-la and more?to study man's dreams instead of man's misery. Man has forever sought power, immortality and peace, the journalist discovers, and they will forever elude his grasp...
...boat girl, Ee Kan, and boat boy, Ai Kum, seem to know what they're doing, poling furiously as the gnarled fingers of overhanging branches grasp and claw at us. Ee Kan wails as we scud past an exposed rock, and I prepare to abandon ship. As we slide over the last of the rapids into blessed calm water, I am relieved to remember that a serenade from these silk-swathed gondoliers was part of the deal. Both are Dai tribespeople, but they're singing their hearts out in Mandarin. "This is a famous Chinese song about...
...Paul, whose inveterate globe-trotting is a symbol of his papacy, looked exhausted and let others finish sermons throughout his trip to Azerbaijan and Bulgaria. But even small concessions to his illness can be painfully frustrating for him. When an aide retrieved a handkerchief that fell from his shaky grasp in Bulgaria, at least one reporter saw the Pope grab it back and "pound it hard against his thigh." And so he seems determined to go ahead with a pilgrimage to Canada, Mexico and Guatemala planned for July 23-Aug. 2. Dziwisz may be the only person who can advise...