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...toys and papers strewn about their comfortable town house, Xue Donghua and Andrew are inseparable. "He used to be a very open child," the father says, "but now he is very sensitive?he won't leave me." A pile of newspapers, recording his pleas for Gao's freedom, lie on the floor. "We'll save them for her, so she can see what we have been doing," Xue says...
...London offices that we now inhabit look out on Somerset House, a masterpiece of 18th century design. The art treasures of the Courtauld Institute lie within its ornamented corridors, and its well-proportioned courtyards house handsome offices, restaurants and shops. Canaletto, along with other artistic admirers, painted a view of its sweeping façade along the Thames. When we look across the river at newer, uglier office blocks, we realize Somerset House represents a kind of perfection that succeeding generations did not - could not - improve upon...
...capital spending is till going down the tubes, and Wall Street continues to fear for companies. If the economy has really turned around, eventually the markets will get in line with that. But what's happening Wednesday should pretty much give the lie to the idea that with one rally and a good consumer confidence report, it was going to be all bulls from here...
...small businessmen is scarcely better. Evidently, for these people freedom and space are more important than race. At least they recognize that though racism against Asians and Aborigines clearly exists, Australia has no need for lectures from politicians in countries where race-based politics are the norm, or lie close to the surface...
...mirrors what's taking place in Austin, Seattle, New York and other cities that have benefited from a hefty infusion of cash: unprecedented housing prices, hellish traffic and a growing gap between the haves and have-nots. The difference in San Francisco--apart from its jewel-like beauty--may lie in its mythology...