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...stuff. Turned down by Baez's label, Vanguard ("We don't record freaks here," the bosses supposedly said), he caught a wild break when legendary producer John Hammond signed him to the ultraconservative Columbia Records. In less than two years, Blowin' in the Wind was a smash for Peter Paul & Mary, and two years later, Like a Rolling Stone...
...Peter Mandelson E.U. Trade Commissioner We should not begrudge China the fruits of its development and the benefits of its wto membership. But if China does not understand the need to temper its impact on the rest of the world, it risks provoking a dangerous backlash from those who should be its friends and partners...
...Peter Chan says he doesn't actually like musicals, which is not something you'd expect to hear from the filmmaker helming the first musical to be shot in mainland China for four decades. But nowadays only the biggest Asian movies seem to survive at the box office, so when the Hong Kong-based director sat down to plan his first Chinese film in years, he decided to wrap a small love story in a musical coat. "It was like the sugar that helps you draw the audience back into the theater," he says. "But I had no idea what...
...billions of dollars spent on the Discovery's journey had been given to Africa to provide safe drinking water, education, shelter and employment to the millions who are in need. But at least we can acknowledge the benefits from past space explorations that we are all now enjoying. Peter Kwame Boateng East London, South Africa The whole enlightened world was awaiting most apprehensively the safe return of the Discovery and its crew. The happy landing was a great relief. One dares to ask, however, if the risk of life to the astronauts and the expenditure of immense funds are justifiable...
...report on attempts by conservative Catholic lay groups to connect with young Europeans noted that it is not clear how many people "revered John Paul's austere message as much as the man himself." The quote from Karl Cardinal Lehmann of Germany, who said, "The girls in St. Peter's Square who cheer the Pope have the Pill in their pockets," amazed me. I have been a priest for more than 20 years and have worked with youths in the U.S. as well as in Spain. If there is one single issue that made young people crazy about Pope John...