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When Li Ning first came to the American West, he shocked the world by winning six Olympic medals in gymnastics - three of them gold - during the 1984 Los Angeles Games. Prior to 1984, the People's Republic had never even won an Olympic medal, and Li Ning was China's undisputed star of the L.A. Games, becoming an instant Chinese sports legend...
...Nike isn't shaking in its boots yet, but permanent dominance in American sportswear is never a shoo-in. When Li Ning opened its Portland retail store to the public for an hour on Feb. 15 for its grand opening, sneaker heads lined up for five hours to be among the first to own a pair of BD Dooms, basketball shoes named after NBA point guard Baron Davis. Jay Li admits they lined up "not because of Li Ning but because we have a world-class basketball shoe." (It probably also helped that Baron Davis himself was in the store...
...much as $12 billion a year. Would that be enough to protect banks in the case of another meltdown? Of course, proper government and regulatory scrutiny can guard against a repeat of the recent crisis. But in the event of a disaster on a similar scale, "you're never going to get a fund big enough to cover all that," says Simon Maughan, a banking analyst at MF Global in London. "The taxpayer is always going to be the backstop. So why not improve the situation today by paying down the fiscal deficit instead of pretending you have an insurance...
...cereal. Some dubious but tasty eggplant was also available. But no matter what kind of food is available at Adams’ brain break, it doesn’t really matter if you can’t get in to eat it. Because unfounded and unreasonable exclusivity is never a positive, we're forced to give this par Brain Break a subpar score...
...Terriers scored 11 runs—although not without some controversy—in the top of the first on three Harvard pitchers and never looked back on the way to a 14-8 victory at Soldiers Field yesterday afternoon...