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Campaigning for the honor of hosting the 2008 Summer Olympics, Chinese officials offered vague assurances about learning to respect human rights. But the lessons have not sunk in. Hu Jia, an imprisoned writer, will soon stand trial on the un-Jeffersonian charge of "inciting subversion of state power." His apparent crime: writing a statement saying that the skyscrapers and venues on display in Beijing from Aug. 8 to 24 rest on a foundation of "tears, imprisonment, torture and blood." Hu's co-author, Teng Biao, was plucked from the street by four men in plainclothes and interrogated for 41 hours...
...this county with respect to my client and how it handles its manure.” When the trial judge questioned whether there is a difference between manure and live animals, the company’s lawyer pointed to current laws and replied, “No, your honor...
This year marks the 11th occasion that the Kazmaier Award has been given out. Five of the first ten players to receive the honor were from Harvard...
...city, whose grand streets ran parallel to the river. Between 1899 and 1917, German archeologists unearthed decorative elements that demonstrate the importance of Nebuchadnezzar's cosmic vision. Along Babylon's main thoroughfare, the Processional Way, there were palaces whose glazed bricks were adorned with 120 images of lions to honor Ishtar, the goddess of love and war. The road terminated at the Ishtar Gate, a massive structure encompassing the five fortification walls and rising more than 75 ft. (23 m). On its vivid blue, glazed-brick façade appeared 150 bulls and dragons, alternating in yellow and white...
...next day at school, he threatened to tell everyone that I was a training wheel-dependant a baby. Obviously, I had to defend my honor. After wiping away the requisite tears, I went home that night, told my dad to remove my training wheels, and learned how to ride a two-wheeler. My long division could wait—I had a lot of catching...