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...with several stints in detention centers, where he claims guards whipped him with his own belt and choked him with his shoelaces. Last December, when Li tried to enter a National People's Congress (NPC) petition office with his precious stack of documents, an official grabbed the papers and lit them on fire?to Li, a more devastating blow than any physical torture. "Without my papers, there is no way I can get justice," says Li, his 45-year-old face etched with the wrinkles of a far older man. Now he is worried that irate local officials...
...positive choice, until one noticed that, alone among the dozen or so other entries, Dean’s photo was a blurry gray shot of his back talking to four or five equally blurry members of the press at a blurry location. All the other photos were well-lit images including their subject’s faces—not a bad objective for responsible photojournalism. Two weeks later—the same week as Newsweek’s “Doubts” story—Time ran a blotchy color-by-numbers-style illustration of Dean. Their...
...silky-smooth crooner with a rapper’s cocky swagger, R is carrying the torch of R&B lit by such legends as Donny Hathaway and Aretha Franklin while stoking the flames with street knowledge gained on Chicago’s Southside. Straddling genres, identities, and women of all races, Kelly perpetually evades pigeonholing, and his unparalleled career has cemented his position as one of the most enigmatic and influential entertainers...
...Bears, meanwhile, lit the lamp three times in the third period. Sophomore Ali Boe remained relatively untested early on, keeping the game scoreless through two periods with only eight saves, posting 14 on the night...
...lamp lit, and captain Smith was mobbed by his teammates at center ice. The goal gave Harvard a 2-1 lead—and the Dutchmen would not catch...