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...British club scene his Mecca. In 1999, he set up a label, 16 Inch Records, to produce and release both his own tracks and other artists' work. Present projects include two new singles by Darude for the U.K. market - "They want something special, a little different" - and a new spin for Swedish star Jessica Folker. With only a handful of artists in his portfolio, Salovaara is content to favor musical values over volume. "Darude went so well," he says, "I just want to keep that quality." - By Elinor Shields
...Fanglin mourns its dead, residents are coping with grief and struggling to comprehend the official spin. A woman surnamed Feng sits on a low, wooden bench cradling the body of her 11-year-old son. All she knows is that he had been making firecrackers at the school for three years. Perhaps both versions are correct: students were assembling explosives and a deranged man ignited them. But mostly there is skepticism. And sadness. Zhu's account, concludes Zhang Weifang, is "completely untrue." But even the truth wouldn't bring back her young sister...
...above the white noise generated by the spin doctors has arisen a particularly interesting twist on the same old debate: the question of whether placing restrictions on soft money in some way restricts our fundamental right to freedom of expression. In other words, is using cold hard cash to "voice" our political preferences tantamount to speaking at a rally on a party's behalf? And if so, should this form of expression be protected under the aegis of free speech...
...near monopoly Lisa and millions of other anxious high school students face has been solidifying for more than half a century. At first blush, one would guess the companies that create and sell all these tests--the College Board and its spin-off, the ETS--would be shaken to their square roots by the latest rebellion against SATs. In truth, they should hardly notice. Both companies rely less and less on the SAT for income each year, and while the industry is becoming more competitive, the testing business as a whole is in the midst of a boom. The standards...
Remember Kosovo? According to Clinton administration spin during the 1999 bombing campaign, NATO was rallying to the defense of helpless ethnic Albanians and their brave champions in the Kosovo Liberation Army who were fighting a David-vs.-Goliath struggle against Belgrade's genocidal army. Well, guess what? Not only has NATO now declared armed Albanian nationalists of the KLA stripe to be the primary security problem in the region, the Western alliance is also considering asking the selfsame Yugoslav army to help NATO troops police the border between Kosovo and the neighboring former Yugoslavian republic of Macedonia. NATO secretary general...