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Sabag won't discuss why she decided to drop anchor in Findlay, but INS officials believe they know her reasons. They suspect that Sabag and her Israeli peers were peddling toy helicopters in three Toledo-area malls. That violates the terms of her i-94 tourist visa, which states in bright red letters, "Warning: a non immigrant who accepts unauthorized employment is subject to deportation." It is possible Rachel and her comrades discovered the jobs via a newspaper ad that targeted young Israelis and promised to expedite legal papers in return for mall training. David Leopold, a lawyer handling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: Detained: Israeli Jews In The Dragnet | 12/10/2001 | See Source »

...SHING, it's said, takes a cut from every dollar spent in Hong Kong--and that's not much of an exaggeration. The ubiquitous entrepreneur started in the plastic-toy business in 1950 and propelled himself into real estate, shipping and telecommunications. His secret? Keep dealing. Even before China took over Hong Kong, Li, 73, was investing on the mainland. HUTCHISON WHAMPOA has pushed into the Internet, low-income housing and commercial projects across China. Not surprisingly, Li has the ear of President Jiang Zemin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Leadership: The TIME/CNN 25 Most Influential | 12/10/2001 | See Source »

...just another grim and baleful tale of forced labor. For these pals are merry pranksters at heart whose spirits never falter. At their first meeting with the village headman, an ex-opium farmer turned communist cadre, the narrator's violin is adjudged a stupid and bourgeois city toy. To prove differently he plays a Mozart sonata. "What's it called?" challenges the headman. Mozart Is Thinking of Chairman Mao is Luo's politically correct and resourceful?if grossly inaccurate?response...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Twist on Balzac | 12/3/2001 | See Source »

...ceiling and porno posters. Hwang Seong Un, deputy director at the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, says that "the only difference is these motels have no lobby." He apparently hasn't noticed the red lights (they are everywhere), the video shelves on every floor offering titles like Sex Toy and Shining Lust, and the heavy pink curtains on the windows, drawn 24 hours a day. Don't bring the kids...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Room at the Inn | 12/3/2001 | See Source »

...SCHWARZENEGGER The Terminator gets a California ski run named after him. Modeled after his career, it's a steep downward slope ending in a bottomless abyss "MR. McCHINA" U.K. entrepreneur beats McDonalds and is allowed to sell Chinese fast food as McChina. McGizzard Happy Meals come with a cheap toy Losers FABIEN BARTHEZ Sieve-like French goaltender may get butter brand named after him. The money will be handy when Man U subs him with Posh Spice SANTA CLAUS St. Nick banned from a Maryland Christmas tree lighting. It's been a bad year for men with long beards from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Starting Time | 12/3/2001 | See Source »

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