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...widest seat pitch in any economy class and a 30% increase in space between seats (achieved by removing nearly 30 seats from the A320's standard 170-seat configuration) add to the comfort?and when not in use, the middle seat in each row converts into a table. At the moment, the fledgling airline only makes the hour-and-a-half-long trip to Tokyo's domestic Haneda Airport from its home base in the western port city of Kitakyushu, but look out in future for routes to Shanghai and Seoul...
...urban-rural income divide is at its widest since the People's Republic was founded in 1949, with farmers earning just one-third of what city dwellers do. To try to quell rising dissent, Hu has unveiled a massive New Deal for farmers, promising billions of dollars in central-government aid for "building a new socialist countryside." The reference to rural socialism was pure marketing magic; many farmers miss the good old days when nearly everyone was poor-but at least the state provided a safety net, known in China as an "iron rice bowl...
...political leverage. They have borne a disproportionate share of the side effects of China's growth, from environmental degradation to misrule by local party officials more eager to line their pockets than provide basic services. Income disparity between the urban rich and the rural poor is at its widest since the People's Republic was founded in 1949. "What China has now is the worst of a planned economy and the worst of capitalism," says Christine Wong, a University of Washington professor who studies local governance in China. "The farmers are the ones who are losing out the most...
...Bush, big-time college football is as easy as two-hand touch. Last Saturday night he won the Heisman Trophy, by the second widest margin ever, after a dominant year as a runner, receiver and kick returner. Bush averaged a nation-high 8.9 yds. per carry and capped off the regular season in stunning fashion, tallying 513 all-purpose yards in a 50-42 win over Fresno State and 260 rushing yards in a 66-19 romp over crosstown rival UCLA...
...concerns overcoming lies about God in order to move closer to Him. Set in a bright, vivid fantasy world, the game has a certain Narnian creativity to it.A SPLIT SENSIBILITYSimultaneous self-description as Christian media companies while minimizing the overt Christian content to appeal to the widest possible could lead these companies to contradiction. But it can lead to a greater audience.Jonathan J. Loch ’07, a Lifegroup leader with Christian Impact, sees these games as a new way to present the Gospel and inspire interest in the Christian faith. He also recognizes the potentially self-limiting nature...