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...pledge to crack down on the piracy of American computer software, films, music and other intellectual property. Rightful owners of the copyrights claim they are losing an estimated $2 billion a year. The U.S. has warned that if the Chinese government does not close the pirate factories, Washington will slap an extra $2 billion tariff on imported Chinese goods. Beijing is threatening to retaliate in kind, and there is worried talk about a trade war, though veterans of these negotiations predict a settlement before the deadline of June 17. Some high-profile Chinese government raids on the pirate plants...
...even more by a New York Times Magazine article last December in which Deutch said they were "not as competent" as military officers he had left behind at the Pentagon. An agency division chief immediately fired off a cable to stations overseas telling them to ignore the director's slap. Deutch says he regrets the statement and has cut back on interviews...
...what hoofing! The dancers, all men, cross and recross the stage with demon drive. The sounds vary as strains of jazz, blues, hip-hop and gospel interweave. This is a very raucous show, about as far removed from the classic buck-and-wing as tap can get. The performers slap down the beat hard, and if that doesn't rattle the eardrums, they are miked at the ankle. It doesn't make for subtlety, but for visceral excitement...
...wife's grave. Gibson has a graphic metaphor for experienced editors: "They're like great surgeons, able to make the right kind of adjustments in places that most of us wouldn't look for. They get into that room with a pair of scissors, cut the cancer out, slap it back together to see if it works." And that's how editors' cuts save directors' butts...
PLACING THE MILLSTONE NUCLEAR PLANT on the NRC'S watch list is a significant and serious matter, hardly a "wrist slap," as Galatis characterized it. Northeast Utilities has already undertaken aggressive steps to correct the situation, including a total reorganization of its nuclear group and the creation of a first-ever office of nuclear safety and oversight. We have pledged to go beyond the requirements of regulatory compliance to earn back the public trust and demonstrate our passion for safety. In the end, our business objectives can be met only after we first satisfy our safety goals and our employees...