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...splendid irony is that a debate over whether Hong Kong deserves more political space has provoked more free-wheeling politicking than the territory has seen in its entire history?even by candidates opposed to the notion. The campaign has produced one troubling sex scandal, a couple of sticky-finger financial scams and a claim by a leading democrat that her house was broken into and possibly bugged by pro-Beijing forces. Both sides recognize that Hong Kong's destiny as a privileged bastion of freedom within China could pivot on the polls. "The future political structure," says Audrey...
...national unity government did not understand how he viewed the landscape. He told TIME in December 2000 that he believed he had won a mandate. In any case, says Calio, "The idea was to move quickly and start tucking accomplishments under the belt, so that you would refute the notion that there was no mandate and that nothing could be accomplished...
...passages that?s lost to us now, but what?s interesting is how little the picture has been diminished by the decay of mere pigment. The fascination of La Grande Jatte is not just a matter of color and light. It lies in Seurat?s endlessly absorbing and ambiguous notion - to show modern men and women bearing the signs of their daily life into eternity, so that even their pettiest, most comical vanities become part of something stately and immemorial. His cigar, her monkey - no less than the Sphinx, they belong to the ages...
...vendor, plastered images of Kali, Ganesh and Krishna on its products, followers cried foul. Why? Nishma Gosrani, of Britain's National Hindu Student Forum, explains: "These gods should be worshipped in an honorable way. And there might be animal meat stored inside the boxes, even beef"?an unappetizing notion for those who consider cows sacred...
...Republican Party's go-to speechwriter for nearly a decade. Ronald Reagan turned to her to mark the 40th anniversary of D-day--"These are the boys of Pointe du Hoc"--and it was Noonan who helped the first George Bush find his voice in 1988. Her notion of a "kinder, gentler America" was picked up by Bush to soften the G.O.P.'s image after eight years of Reagan conservatism. Noonan then quit politics and went on to fame as a pundit and author...