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...Middle Kingdom. Aside from Yao, two other Chinese hoopsters already play in the NBA: Mengke Bateer, a muscle-bound 6-ft. 11-in. reserve center with the Toronto Raptors, and Wang Zhizhi, a lithe, 7-ft. 1-in. sharpshooter with the Los Angeles Clippers. Another player, a rail-thin center named Xue Yuyang, 20, was chosen in the second round in June's NBA draft, but Beijing--rankled by his decision to enter the draft without official permission--has refused to let him test his mettle in America. So instead NBA scouts and agents are focusing on the crop...
...council also discussed the controversial push by the MBTA to sell the air rights over the commuter rail station in Porter Square...
...Lastly, avoid the temptation to escape with your purchases by taxi or tuk tuk. The air-conditioned Skytrain is only 100 meters away from the northeastern market entrance at Mo Chit station (before the rail system was built, it took an hour to get here from downtown). And as Mo Chit is the northern terminus of the Sukhumvit line, you've got a good chance of a seat?plus you'll also avoid the City of Angels' hellish traffic snarls...
...June, Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino announced City Hall’s take on what amenities and considerations for the neighborhood the North Allston Strategic Master Plan should involve, with ideas ranging from parks to a new commuter rail station to a new school...
...Orient Express: Across Russia with Kim Jong Il (2002) By: Konstantin Pulikovsky, a Russian-government official who rode with Kim on a 2001 rail journey to Moscow (Kim is afraid of flying) Dirt: Pulikovsky said Kim's luxurious private train was stocked with fresh lobsters, roast donkey and comely female conductors