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...Nobody's perfect, not even TCM. We could quibble that, a few times, films (Li'l Abner, Lovers and Lollipops) have been shown in the wrong format, so that the actors look either too fat or too thin. Once in a while a picture doesn't quite fit its time slot; it will start before the designated time, or conclude after it, and if you're recording you miss the beginning...
...February, 24-year-old Li Qiaoming was beaten to death by other inmates in a jail in the southern province of Yunnan. The initial explanation, that he had died during a game of "elude the cat" - a type of "hide and seek" - touched off widespread indignation at the implausibility of the story. To respond to the outcry, provincial officials invited a group of bloggers and journalists to investigate the circumstances of Li's death. The unusual exercise in public participation stumbled when jail officials refused to provide critical pieces of evidence, including surveillance tapes of the detention center. The comments...
...that business has been looking up and that while they are participating in the promotion, the restaurant hasn’t had trouble attracting students. “Harvard students are kind of the bread and butter here,” he said. —Staff writer Lingbo Li can be reached at lingboli@fas.harvard.edu
...Recent corporate performance underscores this growing divide. Li Rongrong, chairman of State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, which runs more than 150 companies, recently told the state-run Xinhua news service that SOE profits surged 86% in March compared with the previous month. Li attributed the increase to government stimulus spending...
...said that the tougher job market is bolstering interest in attending graduate schools. “There has been an increase in applicants to medical schools, and an increase in Harvard students switching their concentrations to pre-med, hoping to avoid Wall Street,” said Christine W. Li ’10, president of the Harvard Premedical Society. Nimi P. Katragadda ’10, co-president of the Harvard Undergraduate Women in Business, said she has noticed a similar bump in enthusiasm for business school. Harvard Law School was ranked second in the nation, behind Yale...