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...quickly adding that he sees it as a "low-probability event." But by itself, China "is not No. 1 on the list of risks to the global recovery." The world may be experimenting with China as a trading partner, but it has yet to develop a full-blown opium habit...
...squad can include footballers of 10 nationalities. Both leagues provide exciting, all-action games of the kind that offend purists. And both have targeted Asia for growth. Last year the NBA sent stars and cheerleaders to China in the off-season, while Premier League clubs have got into the habit of raking in big bucks from preseason tours of Asia. Indeed, one reason that Real Madrid was prepared to pay Manchester United $41 million last year for Beckham-a god in Asia-was so that the Spanish club could market itself more aggressively in the Far East...
There's mostly an unconscious habit of assuming that what boys, young men and men do is simply more important than what girls do. It's a historical artifact, part of the culture. It occurs from kindergarten right through the work situation...
...fact, Ma has made a habit of and enjoys hosting intimate master classes on college campuses when he travels, effusing that the young students not only reinvigorate his commitment to musical innovation with their energy but also educate him on another life perspective...
...news—and I would know, having been refreshing the New York Times website every 4 minutes all night while avoiding a troublesome paper under the excuse of garnering “inspiration.” But somehow despite the fear and self-loathing that such a habit breeds, we keep coming back to it every time there’s a looming task. Maybe it’s because once you’ve written a paper in three hours on four bottles of Diet Coke with Lime, it’s difficult to go back to that...