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...London resident reported his wallet was stolen from the Hyatt Regency Hotel. Lost contents included international traveler’s checks, an international and United Kingdom driver license and a Harvard...
Rising Harvard junior Chris Lambert from the United Kingdom has become the school’s third athlete to meet a World ‘A’ qualifying standard this year after running a 100-meter dash in a personal-best 10.24 seconds on July 14 to place fourth at the Norwich Union World Outdoor Trials and AAA Championships...
...more than that massive audience, hoping that a Chinese film?even without fancy costumes or kung-fu kicks?will succeed overseas. "Modern China may have Starbucks, but it's still a fascinating place," says Sutherland, who plays a Western director coming to grips with the mysteries of the Middle Kingdom. Filmed in Beijing's august Forbidden City, Big Shot critiques the consumerism sweeping the capital today. "Xiaogang captures the hilarious and tragic contradictions of Chinese society," says his star, "like no one else...
...there was constant traffic between his ship and the rest of the fleet. "Zheng He had a different philosophy," says Cuthbert. "The Europeans viewed the sea as an obstacle, as something that stood in their way of riches and conquest." The Chinese took the Middle Kingdom out to sea with them. They had boats like floating farms, where they grew vegetables and raised pigs and chickens. Smaller sampans shuttled between the flotilla and the coastline, bringing aboard fresh water. It was more than just being package tourists, squeamish about the local cuisine; they were the Emperor's envoys...
...never materialized. He's not saying he thinks Sultans should be reinstated (anyway, his older brother would be first in line); he wants people to be able to grow vegetables that they can sell or eat, to make some money, to send their kids to school. Sinar has no kingdom, just a neighborhood, but maybe he can be of more use out of power, trying to advocate for the poor and powerless before their frustration turns to rage...