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...result of this election indicates that Hong Kong people are anxious to put forward democracy.' ANSON CHAN, pro-democracy Hong Kong politician, on winning a legislative seat over her Beijing-backed opponent in a Dec. 2 by-election...
That, incidentally, is exactly what I'd like to do to the guy in front of me--the middle manager in the middle seat babbling into his BlackBerry. I'm happy that he just sold a gross of ball bearings in Shreveport, La., but the plane has landed, and I can hardly hear the flight attendant announce, "Welcome to San Francisco, where the correct local time...
...person seated in front of me: I am neither a barber nor a dental hygienist, so kindly remove your seat from my lap. My preferred countermove--training my air vent to blow directly onto your head, often agitating a brief flurry of dandruff--doesn't always work as a deterrent...
...personality and politician. "My policy on cake is pro having it and pro eating it," says Johnson, who became editor of the venerable U.K. political magazine the Spectator in 1999 and swiftly reneged on a promise to Conrad Black, its proprietor at the time, not to seek a parliamentary seat. Johnson's biographer Andrew Gimson later interviewed Black, now something of a byword for double-dealing after his conviction this summer for criminal fraud. Black described his former employee as "ineffably duplicitous...
...trip I took home last January.Around 7 a.m., or about 16 hours into the trip, we were somewhere in northwestern Pennsylvania. I woke up, hungry, and decided to see if I could find some food. I ventured back into the food car where I ordered a bagel, took a seat next to a loud, boisterous group of Norsemen, and promptly told the one nearest me to shut up, if he didn’t mind.The group, composed of Swedish tourists enjoying one of their generous vacations, was far too consumed by its own good humor to be bothered...