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...clear they were going to have to build a new church, and to do that for a lot of people costs a lot of money. My wife and I came to the conclusion we should do something major. It was a chance to give back to a community that's been good...
Tourist-in-chief Bill Clinton hit five Chinese cities in nine days and obviously had a wonderful time. He put in a bit of work, debating issues with President Jiang Zemin, delivering a major speech, engaging in wonky chatfests with "ordinary" Chinese citizens, and he seemed to enjoy those too. Much of the time, though, Clinton and his family were touring, gazing at the fabulous terra-cotta army of Xian, the Great Wall, the neon-lit Shanghai Bund at night, the ethereal karst mountains of Guilin and the towering tangle of Hong Kong's skyscrapers. It was a lot more...
...dramatic breakthroughs, and it isn't easy to think of any that could have been expected. None of the big and explosive issues that divide China and the U.S., like human rights or Taiwan or the $50 billion trade imbalance in China's favor, were resolved. Jiang scored his major points as soon as Clinton stepped off Air Force One in Beijing, because he was the first U.S. President to come calling since the Tiananmen massacre of 1989. For his part, Clinton was trying to demonstrate that his policy choice--engagement--pays more dividends than confrontation. Clinton was jubilant that...
...million this weekend, "Armageddon" fell far short of the $51.1 million that "Men in Black" grossed last year on the Fourth of July. Add to this the fact that "Godzilla" earned $35 million less than last year's Memorial Day winner, "The Lost World," and you might think the major studios are ready to plead poverty. But in fact, box office receipts are up 9 percent from last summer. Though the much-hyped blockbusters aren't quite blockbusting, other surprise successes such as "Mulan" and "Dr. Dolittle" have been attracting audiences quietly and reliably...
BELFAST, Northern Ireland: The first major eruption in the Irish peace is proving difficult to douse. As Protestant rioting intensified Monday and Tuesday and as rubber bullets flew, the exhortations in Belfast were divided along familiar lines: Talk or fight. On the side of dialogue: David Trimble, leader of Northern Ireland's largest Protestant party, and British prime minister Tony Blair, who have been in close contact over how to defuse the situation...