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...received by convicted customs chief Zhao came from smuggling gasoline. The racket worked like this: a tanker anchors in international waters and waits for motor launches to gather round. An auction follows, and the buyers smuggle the fuel to shore in barrels to sell to the nearest state-run station, no import duty paid. "The whole of southern China is running on smuggled gas," says Zheng. "And half the time, the government is controlling...
...still wearing his trademark white wristband adorned with the presidential seal, but his swagger was gone. He looked defeated and confused, as if he couldn't comprehend these latest events. "Not even in my dreams did I think this could happen," he told a local television station. His widely disseminated mug shots showed the man once adored by a nation losing spirit, frame by frame. His sinking eyes seemed...
...tomorrow, but someday, viewers may know or care nothing about what network their favorite shows are on. It's not hard to imagine the day that someone takes a profitable hit and moves it to satellite, or a cheap cable station, where a nation's smart set-top boxes will find it just as easily as if it were on a network - and with more profit going to the creators. Anything that helps viewers further break the network habit - and "Survivor" or no, a strike would do just that - would weaken the networks' brands, which are the only important assets...
...boogie woogie” jazz music of the era invaded Mondrian’s canvas, as he wished to add more vibrancy to his works. A display of the scientific studies aid in the process of his revision to the works and a computer kiosk station helps animate the changes...
...folks have mocked Dennis Tito, the billionaire amateur astronaut, for writing a check to live out his dream of space travel - and even more people have criticized the cash-starved Russian space program for accepting his $20 million for an uncomfortable seat on the international space station...