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...Ignoring widespread protests from human rights activists concerned that granting Beijing its Olympic dream will signal acceptance of its repressive political regime, IOC officials gave the nod to anxious Chinese officials, at 10 p.m. local time, choosing Beijing over chief rivals Toronto and Paris. Istanbul, Turkey and Osaka, Japan had also placed bids...
...clearly, lovely: a sweet little brick 4,700-seater placed as softly as a Texas Leaguer at a riverbend that spent a hundred years waiting for a ballfield. I head for Will Call as Luci, with her sixth sense about shopping, heads for Souvenirs, which is taking its signal to close from the National Anthem, now being sung. The young man locking the door lets her in, and I join the others after picking up our tickets. Caroline, of course, wants everything in sight. I veto a small bat, which I imagine her using on her infant brother Jack...
...World Socialist view ponders "the tremendous social tensions, the growing polarization between the rich and poor, the cult of wealth and competition in which the signal is given that almost anything is permitted in the race for the fast buck. In the absence as yet of any alternative perspective of collective struggle and human solidarity, individual 'success' is everything and everyday life becomes increasingly brutalized...
...much as anything, he'll be going there as a signal to the other actors on the sidelines of the conflict - the moderate Arab governments and the Europeans - that Washington is really serious about getting involved in this, and that they should each do their part to try and make the cease-fire hold. I don't think Powell has any major game plan except for pressing for a timetable for implementing the Mitchell Report recommendations. And of course the Palestinians believe the U.S. has a stricter interpretation of Mitchell than Sharon does. But Sharon is going around saying Washington...
...Although China still hasn't joined the World Trade Organization, this deal can be viewed as a WTO walk-up, a signal of what life might be like once China becomes a member. Upon entry, China has agreed to open its Internet market to foreign participation, making possible previously unthinkable arrangements like the AOL-Legend link. And for the communist officials who run China, you can't get much more foreign than AOL Time Warner, a $40 billion company with a broad array of interests in the Internet, movies, cable and publications?none of which hews to a government line...