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...artistic inspiration to the merits of colleges in Australia, where Lu's son is studying. Later, Lu and I hop into his brand-new, lime green Jaguar and drive over to the site of the sprawling house he is having built overlooking a small lake. Proudly showing off the view from the second floor, Lu extols the virtues of living in Songzhuang. "All my friends and colleagues have moved here, so we can get in contact easily. And it's cheap here too. This whole house is only costing me $800,000 to build. Imagine what I would...
...Snow returned to the podium after five weeks of cancer treatment. "Not everybody will survive cancer," he said. "But on the other hand, you have got to realize you've got the gift of life, so make the most of it. That is my view, and I'm going to make the most of my time with...
...this, Reed has promised, will not be the typical, carefully stage-managed view that visiting dignitaries usually get in Iraq and Afghanistan; nor will it merely echo the kind of briefings that lawmakers can get back in Washington from top Pentagon officials and commanders. The goal, he told MSNBC, is "to get down to the brigade combat teams. It's to get out and talk to troops. It's to get out and talk to the advisers, the embedded special forces and SEALs. That's what's critical, I think, and it's what we hope to accomplish...
...Unfortunately, if VIP visitors encounter any Iraqis at all, the locals are usually handpicked to reinforce the embassy's (or military's) point of view. Visitors may also consult with Iraqi leaders who, by definition, have political agendas of their...
...Banker and community leader Miller Couse echoes a widely held view that Clewiston was thrown "under the bus" by not being looped into the secret discussions that resulted in U.S. Sugar's sale. The city and Hendry County plan to lobby aggressively for the town's needs to be considered, and for help making the economic adjustment to the departure of U.S. Sugar. Still, America is littered with examples that show there's no easy fix when a company town loses its economic engine. "If you just take U.S. Sugar out of the mix and don't replace it with...