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...Prophets of doom warn that the economic damage will bring social unrest, as failed harvests bring food shortages and flood damage increases joblessness. The flooding certainly adds a cruel twist to Beijing's Herculean challenge of shifting to a market economy, rapidly and profoundly altering the way millions of people live and work. But there may be some consolation: The epic struggle against the flooding has drawn tens of millions of ordinary people away from their jobs and day-to-day concerns. Soldiers, farmers and city dwellers have thrown themselves into the battle to shore up dikes, save lives...
...perfectly appropriate twist last week, defense attorneys for the Kimeses introduced Les Levine, a private investigator who has worked for both infamous sportscaster Marv Albert and one of the New York City cops accused in the toilet-plunger sodomy scandal. Levine said his mission is to find out what really happened to Irene Silverman, 82, the missing ex-dancer. "Oftentimes," he said of police, "they get so blinded by what they think are the facts that the true perpetrator happens to get away...
...group made its breakthrough. In April its label, Flip/Interscope, signed an unprecedented contract with radio station kufo of Portland, Ore., agreeing to pay $5,000 in exchange for 50 plays of Bizkit's single Counterfeit. "Pay-for-play," as this kind of arrangement is called, is a controversial new twist on the old, discredited practice known as payola: instead of letting songs rise or falter on their merits in the tough record marketplace, some labels are improving the odds by paying radio stations cash to play or mention their product...
...flesh. Although Perry has clearly read her Toni Morrison, her insights into slavery are no more piercing than, say, Steven Spielberg's in Amistad. But to be fair, this debut novel is not really about remembering that peculiar institution; it's about healing relationships between mothers and daughters. The twist: Lizzie is both daughter and mother...
...glimpse of her. "Come back as President, Hillary!" a man shouted in Pittsfield, Mass. When she made an unscheduled stop for a chocolate-and-vanilla ice cream cone at a roadside stand in tiny Weedsport, N.Y., the owner put up a sign urging passersby to TRY THE HILLARY TWIST...