Word: hurts
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...access to weapons don't seem to have ended the bloodbaths. Last month the Missouri legislature put a concealed-carry referendum on next April's ballot, and lawmakers in Michigan are scheduled to vote on a similar measure soon. "Carrying a gun does not guarantee you won't get hurt," says Suzanna Gratia Hupp, a Texas legislator who crusaded for her state's law, "but it changes the odds." Many Americans will take them...
...bale-lined hill at 63 m.p.h., just 5/16 of an inch from the ground. Like the cartoon version of Jordan's flu-plagued 1997 playoff performance, Lee Dansie rides with two broken ribs, qualifies for the finals and then jumps into the camera lens: "Hope I didn't hurt your ankles, cameraman dude...
...rewarding China for not devaluing is a bit like pleading with someone on a raft floating on gasoline not to light a match. A new round of devaluations would hurt Beijing just as much as its neighbors, since it would receive less foreign currency for its exports and might lose markets to countries whose currencies drop even faster than the renminbi. And it is not clear that the country would benefit from a devaluation. China's real problem is its domestic economy...
...China wants that status now. It wants to be consulted on global economic matters, and most of all, it wants admission to the World Trade Organization. That is the not-so-hidden agenda that awaits Bill Clinton in China. More consultation with Beijing wouldn't hurt. But if the U.S. lets China into the WTO without insisting that Beijing abide by the same rules as everyone else, the entire global trading system could be jeopardized. Clinton should keep in mind that China needs us a good deal more than we need...
PAUL GILMARTIN, host of TBS's Dinner & a Movie: "Showgirls [1995] is the worst American movie, and the most entertaining. Also, Road House [1989; 7] is so bad it's good, especially when Patrick Swayze says, 'Pain don't hurt...