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...hope people will view your body of work when you're through...
...hope people remember me as a guy who brought magic to the people. You know, pushed the boundaries of wonder. And by magic, I don't think there is a clear definition. I don't think you can say something is or isn't magic. That's what was cool about Houdini, because he was a magician who had a magic show, but he was also an escape artist, and they kind of, over time, blended together. They both kind of enhance each other, I think...
...point of diplomacy is to give Kim sufficient incentives - both economic and diplomatic - to get to a point where his regime doesn't need to proliferate to survive. A return to Bush's "strangulation" strategy only increases the incentive for Kim to behave badly, with very little hope that the Pyongyang government will disappear anytime soon...
...Nara and the financial center of Osaka. Symbolically, it is already an important trip: it is Hu's first overseas trip since the 17th National Congress confirmed him as President last October. A giant panda would be the perfect diplomatic exclamation point to the visit. Or so the Japanese hope. Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura said that he supports the request for pandas for the Ueno Zoo. Said he, "They're cute...
...Japanese do get a new panda of their own, they can only hope the animal will be more fruitful than Ling Ling. With a name meaning "darling little girl" in Chinese, Ling Ling, a male, was probably confused. He had no luck mating with female giant pandas. His potential mate in Ueno, Tong Tong, died in 2000, without issue. Playdates with pandas in Mexico were also unsuccessful. At the end, he probably just stopped trying. Ling Ling was 22 when he died - roughly equivalent to 70 human years...