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...house without swiping his or her own ID card. And even doors with locks permit entry when they are propped open by a coat hanger, shoe, or toaster oven. Yes, asking that guy or gal outside the entryway for ID is awkward. He or she may, in all likelihood, look offended and snap, “I live in your hall!” But consider: Is a little social discomfort worth $10,000 of personal belongings? (This much was stolen from Lowell in 2005.) And, conversely, when your lab partner turns to you outside Old Quincy C and asks...
...most blatant transgressors right in the heart of Beijing. That disconnect is alarming, says Hong Kong-based attorney Joseph Simone, who has been handling much of the litigation in the case. "It's a microcosm of what's wrong in China in general," that even with the strong likelihood that the U.S. would soon lodge a suit with the World Trade Organization claiming copyright infringement and counterfeiting, Beijing does nothing...
...revolt, Dalrymple suggests that Delhi was the true locus of the 1857 uprising. Drawing on contemporary accounts from the Indian and British sides, he paints a vivid portrait of a city under siege, giddy with the thrill of being independent, but faced with food shortages, anarchy, and the imminent likelihood of a British counterattack...
...mother and sister, Deval Patrick became a prominent civil rights lawyer and was sworn in last month as Governor of Massachusetts, his first elected office. A few weeks into the job, Patrick, 50, talked to TIME's Perry Bacon Jr. about the pitfalls of a "color-blind" America, the likelihood of his state's universal health-care coverage being adopted nationwide and the politics of baseball...
...likelihood, Chengdu and China's other interior cities will look more and more like Shanghai every year. The optimistic citizens of Chengdu, such as Liu Xindi, couldn't imagine anything else. Liu, 33, has seen his income skyrocket 20-fold since he began working 15 years ago. Now Liu, who sells ads for the local Yellow Pages, can splurge whenever he wants on his soccer shoes, badminton racquets and biking gear. But he still thinks the good times are just starting to roll. "Of course, I think my life will be better in the future," Liu says confidently. "The economy...