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...symptom of capitalism's fickleness. (The injunction evidently didn't apply to Chairman Mao Zedong, who married three times and had dozens of dalliances.) In 1980 only about 3,000 couples divorced in Shanghai, China's largest city. But as economic reforms have loosened the party's grip on people's lives and ushered in Western attitudes, divorce rates have soared, particularly in urban areas. A study by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences last year found that for every two couples who got married in Beijing, another untied the knot. Nationwide, the number of divorces skyrocketed 67% from...
...LaRussa, against Rogers. LaRussa did not ask the umpires to search the 41-year old pitcher, even after several of his hitters appealed to him to do so. LaRussa later commented on the situation to media, saying, “Pitchers use some sticky stuff to get a better grip from the first throw in spring training to the last side they’re going to throw in the World Series. Just because there’s a little something they’re using to get a better grip, that doesn’t cross the line...
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...hours later than the rest of the group. With constraints on both time and money in mind, Petrich heads to Dickson Brothers. She hopes to find components of a look that she describes as “cool, classy, hip.” She walks out with contact grip liner and three feet of gold jack chain for the price...
...Agents at Camp Desert Grip favor more eyes: cameras, sensors, ground radar, helicopters and dune buggies, so that word gets out that anyone who comes this way will be arrested. With current sensing equipment, fewer than half of the 11,000 entries detected so far this year were apprehended. More eyes would mean more arrests and at a reasonable cost, says Johnson. A camera tower costs about $600,000 and can see three miles in every direction...