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...protesters' main punching bags?they distributed inflatable bludgeons imprinted with his caricature?was compelled to praise the march as "harmonious, with a touch of joyousness." The day after the march, a group of pro-democracy legislators asked Tung to request Beijing to reverse its decision in April to nix direct elections for the Chief Executive post and all the seats in the territory's Legislative Council. (Tung simply said he would have a meeting with the legislators to discuss the issue.) David Chu, a lawmaker from the pro-Beijing Progressive Alliance and a delegate to the National People's Congress...
...longtime friend, Evan Bell, "[Marv is] sorry to leave. He loves the Knicks. He loves the Garden. He was put in a position where his journalistic integrity was more important than renewing." In short, Marv wouldn't say the company "Yesss!" for the team when it deserved only a "Nix...
...response to urging from U.S Attorney General John Ashcroft, thirty-two of the nation’s leading scientific journals—the primary forum for the exchange of vanguard research—announced last year their intention to self-censor, pledging to nix publications that could lead to a terrorist attack...
Harvard drew first blood by taking the doubles matches. Sophomores Eva Wang and Melissa Anderson swept their match 8-0 to jump ahead, but the Bulldogs answered back when Stephanie White and Olivia Nix won at No. 3 singles, 8-6. In No 1 singles the pairing of juniors Bergman and Susanna Lingman finished out with a 9-7 win to take the point...
...Schröder, who had been planning to spend a couple of weeks at an Italian friend's home in Pesaro, on the Adriatic coast, was goaded into action by the powerful German tabloid Bild, which suggested that Stefani had "spaghetti for brains" and challenged Schröder to "Nix Bella Italia." Playing to a German national pride that's taken a pounding during the endless economic slump, Schröder announced that he and his family would be enjoying their holiday ... at home. Grow up, guys. Europe's differences are supposed to be a source of strength...