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...flying kicks or the wushu horse stance for the camera these days. They don't even want his autograph much. What they want to do, amid the moral vacuum of modern China, is feed off the aura of a man preaching compassion and civic duty. When Li takes the rostrum, he reminds people of a time before land grabs, kickbacks and beatings - of a China in which people were not counterfeiting, short-changing, corner-cutting, milk-adulterating hucksters but virtuous and simple. "Before this country opened up, people were more focused on their spiritual lives," he says. "Since this country...
...first African-American to win a major party nomination on Tuesday night, but he gave a passionate homage to his vanquished rival, noting the barriers she broke as a candidate and her critical advocacy for universal health care. At 11:06 p.m. EST, shortly after he left the rostrum in Minneapolis, Obama left Clinton a message congratulating her on winning South Dakota and asking her to call him back. At 12:16 a.m. she did, and offered to "sit down when it makes sense for you." The two candidates had already had brief contact Sunday, after Clinton's victory...
...line of students in tank tops and t-shirts extended 30 feet outside the door to Science Center D. Inside, sheets of plastic enveloped the rostrum, a man in a top hat and a clown suit jogged across the stage, and a black four-string Ibanez bass leaned upright next to a drum set. The plastic would be necessary; the bass and drums would not. Pop-rock group OK Go’s appearance last night was billed as a “Battle of the Bands,” but instead of making music, the group famous for dancing...
.../Receiving Line." On Wednesday morning, Bush addressed delegates, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, in the massive General Assembly Hall, where he was introduced as "His Excellency." Although providing Bush with an annual opportunity to be Mr. Multilateralist, these occasions must be about as comfortable for him as walking to the rostrum of the Democratic National Convention. There are none of the interruptions for applause that are a staple of Bush events-just the rustling of papers and adjusting of headphones, with golf claps...
Moscow refused to rise to the bait. Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze, following Reagan to the General Assembly rostrum by only two hours last Thursday, kept his government's focus almost exclusively on arms control. Repeating Soviet proposals for sweeping reductions in nuclear weapons that the U.S. regards as promising but deceptive, Shevardnadze issued what amounted to a dare to the U.S.: "Are you ready, as we are, to scrap hundreds of missiles and aircraft, thousands of nuclear charges? Say yes and we shall certainly be able to agree on verification." Shevardnadze also renewed the Soviet demand for abandonment...