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...Chung is having a second moment of infamy, because he has told investigators that he received $300,000 from Liu Chaoying, a top executive at China Aerospace International Holdings (the subsidiary of a huge Chinese satellite-launching outfit), and funneled at least $35,000 of it to the Democratic National Committee. Here's where it gets sticky: after Chung passed illegal money to the D.N.C., Clinton approved the transfer of commercial satellite-launch technology to China--technology that might have helped China improve the accuracy of its long-range ballistic missiles that threaten...
...origin of the funds is murky but important. If the money came from Beijing, its source may have been the P.L.A. or China Aerospace, the outfit that owns Liu's company. That mystery may never be solved because Justice Department investigators do not have access to Chinese banking records. Even the Republican leading the new House investigation into the matter, California Congressman Christopher Cox, says he has no hope of proving that the Liu-Chung payment had anything to do with Clinton's decision to allow an American corporation to send rocket technology to China. "It's going to remain...
Perhaps if Netscape had agreed to license its code, the company would be in better shape today. But probably not. Microsoft ended up doing the deal with an outfit called Spyglass, whose code became the core of Internet Explorer. Spyglass has since left the PC browser business and is selling software for hand held devices and TV set-top boxes. It posted a $9.7 million loss last year. It was doomed...
...Street Corner Symphony," the next act, traces the recent turmoil that the black community has faced due to racism. Two particularly captivating moments take place during this act: Reynolds draws howls and cheers from the audience with one raised eyebrow as she struts around stage in a spicy outfit during "1967-Hot Fun." A minute later, the deadly pounding of drums echoes the dancers' intense and slow-burning rage in "1977-Blackout...
Rosenbaum began to cultivate his power-wardrobe even before he hit campus. Like many eager applicants, he assembled his Harvard interview outfit carefully. While other candidates at the interviewing site showed up for the stressful affair in Polo shirts and shorts, Rosenbaum chose a suit...