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...official rebuttal posted on the city's website. The next day, Fuzhou investigators drove to meet Huang. At day's end, they declared that he had deceived the public by saying he wore a bulletproof vest; everyone they'd talked to, the Fuzhou officials' response said, denied seeing him wear it. A day later, Huang was accused of a "serious violation of organizational discipline." His essay, said the rebuttal, would be "used by hostile forces in the West, in Taiwan and among dissidents to make our society politically unstable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pouring Cash | 10/4/2004 | See Source »

...usually start at less than $50) and post their car's picture, lease terms, mileage balance and location. Buyers browse the listings and sign up to get contact information for the car they want. Simple enough, right? Buyers should, of course, be sure to inspect the car for excess wear and tear and high mileage, which can bring penalties at the end of the lease term. And study the fine print as you would a new lease, particularly making note of when the car's warranty expires. (It may have already...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Driving a Bargain | 10/4/2004 | See Source »

...shuffling feet announces her entrance as dozens of youngsters rise from their seats to chant in unison: "We welcome our headmistress." Jane Kansiime, who runs the Kamwokya primary school in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, silently reviews the students, who stand politely at attention, five to a bench. Most wear the navy-and-turquoise school uniform, but other colors speckle the crowded classroom: a yellow shirt, a red dress, a white blouse. "We are not rigid here, as long as a child can come," says Kansiime, 40. "It's not the clothes that make the child learn." Six years ago, before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Africa Get Out Of Debt? | 10/3/2004 | See Source »

...only nausea.) As she lays my purchases in front of me, I am feeling proud of myself for making this shopping trip by myself, excited to start blending in more when I walk through town. And then the shopkeeper says, “you know how to wear?” Uh…good point. So we do a quick lesson. As she starts to wrap the belt around my waist, all of a sudden the breath is yanked out of me! I gasp as she jerks the belt tighter, revealing muscles that I hadn’t thought...

Author: By Merritt R. Baer, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Finding Summer in Bhutan | 9/30/2004 | See Source »

...near-full-grown bull before being tossed off and landing on his head. He hands me his equipment and insists to his hovering cloud of pre-pubescent admirers that he is fine, but I catch him rubbing his head for several minutes afterward. The helmet I wear is his, and it’s a bit tight...

Author: By David B. Rochelson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Ride and Fall | 9/30/2004 | See Source »

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