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...When it comes to China, presidential candidates love to talk tough. Once they get into office, though, the talk often tempers. Bill Clinton said he would never "coddle dictators" as his predecessor had, but he wound up embracing Beijing as a "strategic partner." On the stump, George W. Bush suggested that Clinton was too soft on China, but last week it was Bush who was lightening his position. By the end of the 11-day standoff, some of the President's early swagger was gone; in its place was a letter saying the U.S. was "very sorry." Has Bush changed...
...worked on construction projects when he wasn't playing his guitar. He was the organized Ramone, running the practices, insisting on getting it right, absolutely straight-edge on tour with no drink or drugs and an early bedtime. There was always a dark side to Johnny; he seemed tightly wound, intense, sometimes downright nasty. In 1983 he got into a fight over a woman with an obscure punk musician; he was repeatedly kicked in the head, had brain surgery, almost died...
...indicated that the condemned man's arms were outstretched and that his feet had been placed sideways, with the nail driven first through a small block of wood and then through both heels into the cross. Later the wood block would prevent the feet from coming free as the wound ripped and enlarged. Contrary to most representations, the knees were bent...
Brooks' search for a director landed him at the doorstep of Mike Ockrent (Crazy for You) and his wife, choreographer Stroman. "I opened the front door," Stroman recalls, "and he launched into That Face, one of his songs from the show. He danced down the hallway and wound up on top of the sofa. Then he said, 'I'm Mel Brooks.'" The performance won them over, but not long afterward Ockrent became ill with leukemia (he died in December 1999). After a few months' hiatus, Stroman resumed working on her own with Brooks. "I needed someone to make me smile...
...Siano wound up to deliver the next pitch to junior Javy Lopez, Lentz took off from first. Tiger catcher Tim Lahey's throw sailed over the second basemen's head, allowing Mager to score the final run, giving Harvard...