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...under close police scrutiny. Plain clothes cops wielding video cameras even followed them to the park where they often meet to chat during their morning exercises. Fearful of what the police might do, Liu didn't dare talk to her friend. She met Zhang's worried gaze with a nod of her head and returned home?silenced for the moment, but determined not to stay that way for long. "Now," she says, "even if my brother is released, I'll continue to campaign for the rights of others...
...there yet." She took up the IJ job last year, thinking it would be a chance to hone her acting skills. But as competition heated up in the Web TV market late last year, stations began pressuring female IJs to switch from tease to striptease (but, in a nod to the obscenity laws, only down to their panties). Ebony resisted, insisting on more talk and less gawk?most of the time, anyway. Some fans are downright protective. When somebody nags her to take off her top on a recent evening, another chatroom visitor types in: "Don't take your clothes...
This speech was a true redemption of Bush's horrible inaugural address, during which even former-President Bush, whom the press has ludicrously decided to dub "poppy," appeared to nod off every few seconds when he wasn't being woken up by applause lines like "Thank you, and God bless America...
...believe, that accidents happen. That's true of any athlete entering his arena. He approaches his task confidently, understanding its risks, eyeing its rewards. What may cause awe or fear in others is, for the professional athlete, eased by the mundane ritual that accompanies the job, and an obligatory nod at danger. We all accept that...
There are moments, though, when it takes more than a nod to acknowledge danger. In February 1994, Neil Bonnett died on a practice run a week before the Daytona 500. Neil was a good friend--and Dale's closest. Dale had qualified fourth that year, but I was in the back of the pack. We talked before the race, and Dale spied my wife Stevie slipping me a card with a note written on it. He asked her about it. She told him that for years before every race, she would write out some biblical verse--whichever she found most...