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...west side of Beijing's Workers' Stadium?where many of the 2008 Olympic soccer events will be held???is ground zero for the capital's party animals. Stretching south of the stadium gate is a row of huge dance clubs with names like Babyface, Coco Banana, Cargo and Angel, each competing with its neighbors to be bigger, brighter and louder. But on the other side of the road, the offices and shops are shuttered by late evening. Only one discreet neon sign is visible above a small stairway: Destination?Beijing's premier gay club...
...TIME 100 dinner, which we held??May 8 at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City, is like a TIME 100 issue come to life: eclectic, electric, global. The TIME 100 surveys the most influential people in the world, and we invited those from this year's list, as well as honorees from past years, to join us for an evening of music and tributes, and to mingle with extraordinary people from a range of fields...
...high time that Congress be held??accountable to the laws it is sworn to protect. American voters must demand meaningful campaign-finance reform. Elected officials found guilty of accepting bribes belong in jail like all other crooks. They should forfeit their costly, publicly paid pensions. JOHN HOBBS Mount Arlington...
George Bush has undeniable assets. His recitation of the top Government jobs he has held???in his words, his "fantastic credentials" for the presidency?sometimes bring oohs and ahs from the voters. As a New England aristocrat who moved to Texas and made a fortune in the oil business, he endlessly boasts that he is one candidate who has actually met a payroll. He preaches a bubbly optimism ("I just know we can solve all our problems"). He is a demon campaigner, who started so early that he often tells audiences, accurately, that his race is already two-thirds over...
This maneuver may strengthen the N.L.F.'s bid for a role in a coalition government in South Viet Nam before elections are held???one of the ten N.L.F, points announced May 8. Creation of the provisional government may also embarrass Thieu. He has reluctantly offered to talk with the N L.F , but he might renege if it meant dealing with a self-proclaimed regime that purports to be more legitimate than his own. Thieu denounced the N.L.F, move as "a fabrication concocted by a group of people who take cover in jungles without daring to disclose their location...