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...When Hope Died Our March 13 reporting from China related that growing numbers of farmers are demonstrating over land disputes, pollution and corrupt local officials. Can Beijing calm the rural discontent before it grows into a larger revolt? TIME's June 19, 1989, issue covered a mass protest that ended in tragedy-the Tiananmen Square crackdown...
...provide up to six hours' warning, says Nicolini, if the waves are coming from far across the ocean. But an earthquake in the Cascadia Subduction zone just off the Pacific Northwest could create tsunami-size waves within five minutes. "You'd feel that kind of an earthquake on land," Nicolini says. "If you do, start running to higher ground" - at least 40 feet above sea level. For residents of low-lying places, says Nicolini, "vertical evacuation" - climbing a tree or going to the top floor of a sturdy-looking building - may be the best they can do with just five...
...realist. I've been around awhile. I can evaluate political situations," DeLay told TIME at his kitchen table in Sugar Land, a former sugar plantation in suburban Houston. Bluebonnets are blooming along the highways. "I feel that I could have won the race. I just felt like I didn't want to risk the seat and that I can do more on the outside of the House than I can on the inside right now. I want to continue to fight for the conservative cause. I want to continue to work for a Republican majority...
...DeLay, the Texas republican representative and former House Majority Leader, and his wife, Christine, sat down at their kitchen table in Sugar Land, Texas, on Monday with TIME White House correspondent Mike Allen to explain DeLay's decision not to seek reelection, and to give up his Congressional seat in the next few months. Joining the discussion were his campaign manager, Chris Homan, and his House press secretary, Shannon Flaherty...
...legal options" if it can't get the U.S. to release duties impounded from Canadian lumber exporters. And, he added darkly, Canada is "running out of time" in its efforts to forestall the U.S. scheme to require Canadians (and Americans) to show passports before crossing the border by land, starting...