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...Walker has strung those pearls together in a new book, Public and Private: Twenty Years Photographing the Presidency (National Geographic/Insight; 200 pages). Most of the photos have appeared in TIME, but some (like the two photos of Clinton on these pages) have never been published before. She knows how to give great men and women their due when 21 guns are saluting. But she also sees them as they appear when Hail to the Chief isn't playing and nobody is looking. Or nobody but her. --By Richard Lacayo
...dissident has returned to Democracy Wall. Nearly a quarter-century has passed since he courted danger in this highly politicized part of Beijing by pasting posters demanding elections?and much has changed. Where the wall then stood, the new "Culture Plaza" is now strung with Christmas-style lights and emblazoned with a dozen glowing signboards. One instructs Chinese citizens to "Warmly Congratulate the Communist Party's 16th Congress." Another displays a news item about President Jiang Zemin seeking "advice" from Chinese who don't belong to the Party. Asked what he thinks of the story, a bystander replies indifferently, "These...
HIPJ also set up a faxing station outside and strung cables through first-year dorms so supporters could send petitions to their representatives. But the fax machine operator said many transmissions did not go through because the representatives’ lines were busy...
...last game, the Bears lost 2-0 to Providence College despite a superior offensive assault. Senior captain Caitlin Carey led the team with four shots on goal, and looks to be a decisive threat against the Crimson defenders. Brown has already strung together a three-game winning streak in this young season and the Harvard players are anticipating a tough match...
...after the pairs final, a French judge admitted she had been pressured to favor the Russians' klutzy turn over the Canadians' sublime skate. The ensuing uproar, which resulted in the awarding of gold medals to both teams, cast a pall on the International Skating Union and the high-strung community of ice divas. But until now, who imagined...