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...Cheung Shu-hung, a Hong Kong resident and co-owner of Lee Der Industrial Co. Ltd., hanged himself in a warehouse in the southern Chinese city of Foshan on Saturday afternoon, China's Southern Metropolis Daily reported. Lee Der, which Hong Kong records say Cheung incorporated with a business partner in 2002, manufactured all of the nearly 1 million toys recalled by Mattel earlier this month...
...England - he was without his wife Cécilia, who bowed out of the informal lunch invitation due to a sore throat. Still, here was a French president who has dedicated himself to repairing the sour atmosphere between his predecessor and the White House, presenting himself as a partner with whom the U.S. can deal in greater confidence. Even though Chirac's opposition to the Iraq war reflected the view of most world leaders - including Sarkozy - that opposition made France a whipping boy for much of the U.S. media. And the fact that Chirac's warnings were vindicated by events...
...thing is clear: learning your partner's language always helps. Qianjiang boss Yan can now get by in Italian and engineer Michelotti often throws a few Mandarin phrases into conversation with his colleagues in Wenling. He's also begun to pick up certain words they keep repeating. Chinese Professor Brezzi explains the difference between "we should" (yinggai) and "we must" (yao). "I always hear 'yao,'" says Michelotti. That's a reminder of who's in charge...
...produce qualified nurses. "We need to watch the school closely," she says. "Can students come back and sit successfully for the licensing exam?" To improve their odds, IUON nursing students attend classes in St. Kitts for three semesters but finish their clinical studies at one of six partner schools in the U.S. Ross pays these cash-strapped schools tuition plus an undisclosed fee. Dr. James Utterback, president of Oklahoma's Seminole State College, was one of Ross's first partners. "We benefit from the extra funds and added diversity on our campus," Utterback says. Seminole doesn't have enough teachers...
...lobbied lawmakers on behalf of a poverty bill or an arms deal, or consulted with candidates on their campaign ads or their running mates? It was one thing to serve as Eisenhower's or Johnson's private pastor. But it was quite another to act as Nixon's political partner, carrying private messages to foreign heads of state, advising on campaign strategy and assembling evangelical leaders for private White House briefings...