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...opinions with a wide audience. As I said, I’m just a dude who likes sports. Instead, the purpose of sports columns should be to offer an idea, fact or suggestion that enriches and promotes discourse. Man, I’m starting to sound like John Stuart Mill. This is getting too serious...
...nation that was once completely command controlled, the central government has surprisingly few ways to compel regional lenders to obey orders. In Chengdu, for example, capital of Sichuan province 1,500 kilometers from Beijing, a branch of the China Construction Bank recently approved loans to upgrade a steel mill in the town of Panzhihua. Jiang Wen, chief of the bank's business-development department, says the mill already has local-government approval, so the bank is pushing ahead despite Beijing's jawboning. "We have had no change in lending," Wen says...
...hand with the $1,900 MiniDisc player (also out in June), which is chrome plated, carved out of solid brass--to eliminate structural seams that weaken over time--and accompanied by silicone-tipped brass earbuds. Sure, it basically performs the same functions as a run-of-the-mill $80 player, but its slick, cold body has a heft that's absolutely seductive...
...Iraqi society just thrives on rumors,” Moulton said. “One of the most important things our little show did is combat the rumor mill and get the truth out there...
...masterminds of the curricular review have their way, future poets, historians and run-of-the-mill inept-at-long-division English concentrators will all have to complete four science classes to graduate. Two in the natural sciences, two in the physical sciences. For the aforementioned English majors, that means two involving labs, and two involving equations. For those filled with fear at this concept, it’s time to say enough is enough. Let’s stand up and tell the world that being well-rounded is overrated, or at least figure out a way to make this...