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...reinstates Zhao, it would be a refutation of Deng Xiaoping, and the party hard-liners won't allow that." One compromise would be to rehabilitate Zhao while maintaining that the protests constituted a "counter-revolutionary rebellion" that needed to be crushed. But as Chiang points out, even the slightest nod to Zhao would be a sign of changing times in Beijing...
...great horror moment, like this one in Guillermo Del Toro's Mimic, works as both pulp and poetry. It gets scare shivers tickling the lay audience while connoisseurs nod sagely at the canonical resonance; think of the creature as Dracula spreading its capelike wings and Sorvino as both a Frankenstein whose experiment went bad and a Fay Wray to the insect world's King Kong. The roach and its sibs are Susan's mutant creations; they have the gift of mimicking other species. If Susan's commando crew doesn't Off the bugs quick, New York could become a slightly...
AUGUSTA WATTS, 120 PROOF: Social Security record. BRUSH WITH HISTORY: Born in the same year as Mata Hari. VICE: Not a one, say her nurses, but she sometimes has pureed bacon and eggs for breakfast. ODDS: An unknown, but insiders say she could get the nod...
Clinton is accompanied by three or four state police, who nod politely as he explains how the long-term future of Medicare could affect the upcoming school-board race in Calhoun County. Along the route, homeowners rush out, grab their daughters off porch gliders and drag them inside...
...Clintons deserve a lot of credit for how normally daughter CHELSEA has turned out despite her fishbowl upbringing, but her Secret Service detail also deserves a nod. CHELSEA is very sensible in cooperating with her agents, and in turn they cut her enough slack so she can manage a normal teenage life, like strolling with a date out of their earshot. The agents have been specially trained to work with her age group, and "It works really well," says a White House insider. So after Mom and Dad finish moving her in, maybe Stanford will turn...