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...Count China Out Of the Space Race Yet By HANNAH BEECH Chinese pride blasted into orbit last week with the launch of a spacecraft that takes the nation one step closer to bringing Mao memorabilia to the moon. In an ambiguous sign of technological self-confidence, the Shenzhou 3 rocket carried not snails-they were part of the payload during a mission last year-but crash-test dummies, which sent back simulated heartbeats and voices. (Ordinary Chinese could relate, being familiar with the National People's Congress.) While in orbit, the craft also captured digital images of Earth that notebook...
Highlights from the silent auction were autographed pieces of political memorabilia, including a vice presidential desk set and presidential pen from the Clinton White House, a Florida butterfly ballot from the 2000 Presidential election, signed by Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris and a signed picture of Al Gore ’69 and his wife, Tipper, sharing a kiss at the Democratic National Convention...
Authentic Rollerball memorabilia...
...Americans have latched onto his phrase "Let's roll" to symbolize that strength of character. The President used it to end a speech; Neil Young has released a song with that title; there are now "Let's roll" mouse pads, fireworks and backpacks. Many of the businesses producing the memorabilia donate their proceeds to charity, but not all. A lawyer for the new Todd M. Beamer Foundation has to fire off occasional letters asking others not to market "Let's roll." "Unfortunately," says the lawyer, Paul Kennedy of Philadelphia, "the phrase has become instantly famous in light of a national...
...days earlier. Everything that has happened since is seen as guided by his ghostly hand. "As soon as Massoud was martyred, the attacks happened in America and Pakistan withdrew its support from the Taliban," says Abdul Saboor, 35, a fighter pilot who carries a case of Massoud memorabilia with him. "The innocence of his unjust death spread across the world and started the defeat of the Taliban." In death, Massoud has become the one commander no one dares sell out. "He may not be among us but the way he chose, the methods he chose, of bringing all commanders together...