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...veiled threats toward his family still living in China. The Chinese version, published in 2003, was banned - although it became a black-market best seller. Gao is unsurprised by the fuss. "After Tiananmen, the government lost power," he says. "Zhou is now the only party leader who the people respect and love. If his reputation is destroyed, there will be no symbol for the party." At a time when its reins on China's economic, cultural and social values are loosening, the party needs as many symbols of emotional and ideological legitimacy as it can get. By eroding the icon...
...sure, under White and Fertitta, Ultimate Fighting has gained a lot of respect. In the 1990s, critics like Senator John McCain were deriding ultimate fighting as barbaric, and the public was aghast at the mixed martial arts bloodbaths. The sport was banned in state after state. But the Ultimate Fighting Championship organization slowly built interest among young people, filling the void left by professional boxing, cleaning up the rules and marketing itself through the reality show The Ultimate Fighter on Spike TV. The show helped humanize the fighters, managing to coax nobility out of their quests for martial arts fame...
...wondering: just what is Clio telling her shrink? 1) Sometimes I feel like nobody on this campus knows who I am, and just treats me like any other dog. I’m the First Dog. I do my business in the digging site in the Yard. Respect me. 2) One of the archeology kids smacked me in the head with a shovel today. No respect at all. 3) Everyone knows Clio is spelled C-L-E-O, Drew. Nobody thinks I know how to spell my own name. 4) Sometimes, when we’re by ourselves, Drew...
...Chen vs. True Love Revolution (TLR),” Lena Chen ’09, author of the blog “Sex and the Ivy,” and Janie M. Fredell ’09, co-president of the TLR, kept the arena chock-full of mutual respect. BORING! FM decided to talk to the debaters separately to find out the naked truth. FM: Do you believe that there’s one true love for everyone? LC: No, I think that that’s very absolute, and I’m not a very absolute person...
...three of their last four games have been decided by one goal—including last week’s heartbreaking, triple overtime loss. “It’s a great rivalry,” Tune said “You want to beat them because you respect them not because you don’t like them.” With Brown once again standing in the way of postseason glory, the Crimson will have to play at its best to improve on last year’s third place finish at the Northern Championships and seventh...