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...Democratic Party, which would have been the country's first opposition political group. Last week President Jiang Zemin issued a call to improve Communist Party control at the village level. This was a far cry from the village elections China holds, sometimes hinting that they are the first step toward democracy...
Gauging America's Attitude Toward Gay Life...
...where one can go and feel comfortable about being different." Lopez also spoke with Laramie residents and Shepard's classmates about how they are handling the emotional impact of the killing. Meanwhile, writer-reporter John Cloud and senior correspondent David Jackson traveled to Hawaii to gauge public sentiment there toward gays on the eve of a ballot that would empower legislators to amend the state constitution to ban same-sex marriage--the first vote of its kind in the country. "Hawaii is a relatively young state with a multicultural population, so citizens have traditionally been very tolerant," Cloud says...
Gradually, Wynn's collection is moving toward the mass it needs to define its own shape and establish its own gravitational field. It isn't there yet, and all talk of a "private museum" is beside the point, but you have the sense of a collector with real moxie. This isn't the Getty of Las Vegas, and it isn't meant to be, but Wynn has already nailed a few things that the Getty, with its comparably huge buying budget, ought not to have missed. He has also taken on some sound advisers, led by Edmund Pillsbury, for many...
Oprah is a treasure, and I am just one of millions who feel so very grateful for the inspiration she willingly gives [CINEMA, Oct. 5]. She continues to seek ways to pull us toward honesty, truth, goodness and reality. I always feel touched by this woman. She has wings. PATRICE NELSON Chester, Conn...