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...struggle to carve out a role for themselves. Net pioneers had to placate the censors while opening chat rooms on controversial topics?from sexual mores to a tragic schoolhouse explosion?that Chinese wanted to discuss. They also found ways to bypass China's byzantine regulatory system and tap into U.S. capital markets. Netease raised $70 million, Sina $68 million, while Sohu brought in $60 million...
...field; he did not perfunctorily glance about as most batsmen do. Satisfied, he'd utter a shrill "right" and crouch over his uncommonly light bat. That single word sent a powerful message: Bradman was ready. As the bowler moved in, Bradman revealed two more idiosyncrasies. First, he did not tap his bat, a habit observed by virtually every batsman at all levels. He was perfectly still?and still smiling. Second, his grip was unusual, his bottom hand turned more toward the front than the textbooks recommend...
...neutered himself. By last week Clinton's near silence on why he pardoned fugitive tax swindler Marc Rich and assorted other highflyers and lowlifes was getting a little spooky. It was time to tap on the lid of the trunk and see if Houdini was still alive in there. Now he got help from the Old Guard, the magician's assistants who had stuck by him through thick and thin and thick. Here came faithful fund raiser Beth Dozoretz, who we learn was cleared by the Secret Service to visit the White House 76 times in the past two years...
...hardened heart melted, however, when I gave Xircom's Rex 6000 a try. Originally sold by Franklin, the Rex line of organizers was bought by Xircom last year and upgraded in all sorts of fabulous ways. First, Rex comes with a tiny stylus you can use to tap out words on the onscreen "virtual" keypad. It sounds weird, but it works like a charm. Second, you can download daily news and entertainment updates from the rex.net site into the device. Just set Rex in its cradle and push a button. I was even able to get movie listings...
Note to the Nobel Peace Prize committee: Can you pick someone besides me this year? The honor (and the million-dollar prize) would be nice, but anyone you tap needs to watch his back. Mikhail Gorbachev won in 1990 and was tossed into oblivion in 1991. Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho were honored in 1973 for negotiating to end the Vietnam War - which didn't end until 1975, on terms hardly flattering to Kissinger. Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres and Yasser Arafat were the winners in 1994; Rabin was assassinated, Arafat is embattled, and peace in the Middle East...