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...short answer, say Chinese officials, is the divide between rich and poor, and especially the growing unhappiness among farmers and other peasants who have been left behind by China's rapid economic development. But this is only a partial explanation. Rather than poverty, it is the farmers' sense of powerlessness that sows the seeds of discontent. The central government has promised reforms that would give farmers more control over their lives. Those promises have been broken by corrupt local officials bent on keeping power and wealth for themselves...
Alpine climber Yuichiro Miura knows something about rapid descent?in 1970 he became the first person ever to ski Mount Everest, hurtling more than a mile down the peak's icy flank in less than two minutes, and barely surviving. But handling the downhill slope of his own life proved trickier. Miura retired from climbing at age 60, deciding he was too old to haul himself up mountains anymore, but after five lazy years of Japanese beer and Korean barbecue, he had an epiphany: "I was only talking about my past, not my future. I wanted to challenge my dreams...
...gracefully means to let nature take its course while doing everything in our power to delay the onset of age-related disease. Or, in other words, to live as long and as well as possible, then have a rapid decline at the end of life...
...usual, Monk’s signature dissonant chords, rapid-fire runs down the piano and flat-hand technique are all there. But this time around, he is not simply going through the motions. Every note is important, and he forces the audience to listen to every move he makes. The notes themselves are often secondary to the silences, the stutters, the phrases, and everything else that connects one pitch to another...
...moments. The ballad “Sweet & Lovely,” lingers a bit too long for all of its beautiful moments and seamless tempo changes. Wilson makes a few overbearing choices on drums, particularly in the full version of “Epistrophy” (he uses his rapid-fire cymbal coloring more effectively on the incomplete version, also included). Nevertheless, rediscovered recordings are rarely as brilliant as this one; there is a reason why this recording is the best-selling new jazz album right...