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...party members will gather for a few days of factional maneuvering and backroom deals. New policies will be adopted and new appointments made to the Standing Committee of the Politburo--the nine-member inner Cabinet of China--but so opaque are China's politics that the tea-leaf readers will be busy for years. "Even when you know the names and positions of the new appointments," says a Western diplomat in Beijing who tracks Chinese politics, "you still have to wait for policy changes to be sure what they mean...
...sessions with [Secretary of State Condoleezza] Rice or the President. But as time went on, the amount of time he spent in one-on-ones grew, as did his confidence. I think he has gained control over the apparatus." Sometime after the party Congress, those tea-leaf readers will tell us if that is really the case...
...songs, thirteen minutes all together, and the closest thing to a mission statement by the band. They’ve always been aware that song pairs can unlock synergistic power—see 2004’s “Sung Tongs” openers “Leaf House” and “To Catch a Rabbit” for proof—but this album’s “For Reverend Green” and “Fireworks” unlock the band themselves. Avey Tare’s voice dominates here, fluctuating...
...Williams-Sonoma Home Round Ribbon iron mirror with a rubbed finish ($595; wshome.com 2 Andrew Gn for Leiber Marlena minaudire ($4,495; judithleiber.com 3 A look from Proenza Schouler's fall 2007 collection 4 Joh. Backhausen & Shne Leaf Pattern pillow designed by Heinz Weingarten, 1912 ($55; neuegalerie.org 5 Bottega Veneta Sfera long black diamond earrings ($37,000; bottegaveneta.com 6 Dior Christal 33-mm watch ($13,995; eluxury.com 7 Bally Cande velvet heel with grosgrain detail ($550; bally.com 8 Roger Vivier Manchette TV enamel cuff with gold buckle details ($350; 212-861-5371) 9 Laura Kirar Collection for Baker...
...biggest dogs there - for Ottawa has never been shy about asserting ownership to much of the Arctic. In 1907 a Senator claimed a Canada-wide triangle right up to the Pole, and there's still a plaque on Melville Island commemorating that assertion. As a spur to maple-leaf nationalism, it is not just the Russians and Danes that Canadians have to worry about in the Arctic but also their giant neighbor to the south. When Prime Minister Harper declared in August that the "first principle of Arctic sovereignty is use it or lose it," he was directing his message...