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...much did he actually win? By the time the House GOP leadership drummed up the 240 votes to pass its energy bill after midnight Wednesday, the 1.5 million-acre swath of the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge Bush had earmarked for exploration had been shrunk by compromise to 2,000 acres - and backers had to stroke the labor unions (salivating over construction jobs in the tundra) to get that...
...floor. Go through the small art gallery to reach a tented beer garden where a lone cellist plays on a balcony, occasionally obscured by smoke from the barbecue. A couple of caveats: some regulars complain the sound system needs an overhaul, and the crowds tend to move on by midnight. But if beer and kebabs are your thing, call (86-10) 6501-7501. Another notable in the neighborhood is the Velvet Room, featuring a canal-side location and intimately arranged sofas. Run by a well-known local DJ, it is a frequent haunt of Beijing's ?ber-hip crowd; phone...
...Barreling south along the Northern Territory's Stuart Highway?about 280 km north of Alice Springs?past midnight on July 15, truck driver Vince Miller only glimpsed the ragged woman before he jammed on the brakes. With the trailers of his road train snaking out of control behind him, Miller panicked. "I've just hit a woman, I hit a woman," he yelled to his sleeping co-driver as they shuddered to a stop. But he hadn't hurt Lees; he had saved her. Bleeding from the cuts lacing her body?her shorts and singlet no protection from the thorns...
...familiar it all looks. A three-deep phalanx of police block access to Tiananmen Square until a crowd of thousands, led by young toughs using bicycles as battering rams, breaks the line and surges through. By midnight, tens of thousands of cheering Chinese pour into the political epicenter of Beijing, defying orders to leave. Gangs of bare-chested teenagers climb lampposts to lead the masses in sloganeering. A potentially grim scene for any government. Yet every once in a lucky while, history repeats itself not as tragedy but as fun. Nearly everybody is waving a red flag. Chanters yell: "Long...
...leaders that it declared downtown Beijing off-limits to anyone without an invitation and urged ordinary people to sit home and watch a fireworks display on television. This time, for hours after Jiang's surprise appearance, students sat in groups painting red stars on their faces, families held midnight picnics on the flagstones and groups of strangers spontaneously grabbed hands and danced in circles like children...