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...Hill to push for more specifics in the proposal. She wanted to firm up a clear sequence of events?denuclearization first, then discussion about a reactor. But according to an aide, Beijing refused. After input from Hill and others at State, the Secretary realized that if Washington stood its ground, it could end up blamed for the failure of the talks. While Hill worked the Mid-Autumn Festival dinner, Rice proposed having individual countries issue side statements on sequencing, so that U.S. allies could present a firm front against Pyongyang. "We thought it was important," Rice told TIME, "that other...
...they just haven't given up." Pritchard says that Beijing is less committed to a nuclear-free North Korea than Washington is?China's main concern is to avoid a collapsed state on its border. But the fact of an agreement shows that the two giants can find common ground. "There is no daylight whatsoever between us [the U.S. and the Chinese]," says a senior U.S. diplomat with knowledge of the negotiations. "No one is giving these guys any nuclear cooperation until they're out of the nuclear business...
...hits, starting with his first lead role as a cop fighting corruption in 1973's Zanjeer. The biryani western Sholay ran for six years in Bombay on its release in 1975. In 1983, when Bachchan was injured on the set of Coolie and fell into a coma, India ground to a halt. Millions prayed, thousands gave blood and kept a candlelit vigil outside his hospital and on his recovery one fan ran 800 km backwards across India in jubilation...
...decision was to start breaking a few Bollywood molds. With the industry leaning towards buff young tyros like Hrithik Roshan and Shah Rukh Khan for its male leads, Bachchan was an unlikely choice to play conventional romantic roles. Yet for a new generation of filmmakers keen to break new ground but in need of a star to pull in funding, he was the perfect choice. Bachchan was only too happy to find work. And so he accepted a series of roles in some of the most experimental films Bollywood has ever produced. There was 2003's Boom, a crime comedy...
...secret of his desire to focus on minimizing Hartigan’s effectiveness in the days leading up to the second-week showdown. And why should he have? Only days earlier, the Crimson’s unexpectedly solid defense blanked Holy Cross while surrendering just 61 yards on the ground. Surely it could do the same against the Bears, which entered play that Saturday with no passing game to speak...