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What They're Reading in China Since Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao claimed last November to have read Marcus Aurelius' Meditations nearly 100 times, the Roman Emperor's 1,800-year-old treatise on Stoic philosophy has become a hit in China, reaching No. 5 on China Book International's best-seller list. A tome extolling the importance of virtue may seem an unlikely must-read amid the country's go-go economic boom, but it suggests many are looking for deeper meaning in their lives--and getting frustrated with China's wide wealth...
There's only so much one state can take. As the flood waters crest and begin to recede in hard-hit cities like Cedar Rapids and Iowa City, Iowans' initial can-do, stoic response to the slow swamping of our state's homes, businesses and crops - about 36,000 people have been left homeless, according to the governor's estimate - is giving way, understandably, to physical and emotional exhaustion...
...workers were trapped in the shafts. Caltech's George W, Housner, a specialist in quakeproof engineering who headed the American group, termed the Tangshan event "the greatest earthquake disaster in the history of mankind." Despite their tremendous losses, the Chinese have faced the task of reconstruction with stoic determination. Today much of the city's industry is reportedly back in operation, and officials expect to finish rebuilding Tangshan...
...Sunday, reporters pocketed BlackBerrys and iPhones and stood at attention with voice recorders. The family and some friends, 15 in all, filed out one by one from behind the city's lifeguard headquarters. Many were carrying solitary sunflowers, and most of the Martin women wept quietly. The men were stoic. Dave Martin's son Jeff, 41, stepped forward to speak. He gave some prepared remarks about how the family appreciated the outpouring of grief but yearned for privacy. Afterward, a reporter asked whether the family would stop swimming in the ocean, and Jeff Martin said quickly...
...that Hannah fears may have been passed on to her after her boyfriend leaves her and she refuses to attend school. When Hannah’s mother tries to dissuade her from moving to California because she is not “special,” only the most stoic of audiences will not feel deeply moved by the obstacles this “ordinary” girl is determined to overcome.Similarly, Megan, who truly earns her role as a bitch throughout the earlier parts of the film, is revealed to have experienced a serious family tragedy. The death...