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...exclusively by candlelight, the tapestry-draped main dining room is an ode to opulence: the seats are a rich red leather, the ceiling is gilded, and the walls are covered with oak panels salvaged from an old cathedral. The Secret Garden annex, meanwhile, is full of brass candlesticks and stone statues, and displays a series of painted doors that tell the story of Edinburgh's wine trade with France...
...When China successfully bid for the Olympic Games in 2001, its government pledged to use them as a stepping-stone towards democracy. As Liu Jingmin, a top Beijing Olympics official, told the International Olympic Committee at the time, “By allowing Beijing to hold the Games, you will help the development of human rights.” But China’s words have not translated into action. Its people lack basic freedoms; thousands of reporters, political prisoners, and religious minorities languish in its jails and labor camps. Amnesty International estimates that China executes more people each year...
...second lead, second varsity with a punishing 12.4 second lead, and the scrappy novices with an 18 second advantage. Smith College also fielded three third-place boats. “It was nice to know that we could make changes very quickly and that will be a good stepping stone for the rest of the season,” co-captain Amanda Kolb said. “We’re always working on getting boats to move the best together. The more practice that we get in lineups and on the water is just going to contribute to that...
...goals and 36 assists, was fifth in the nation with 1.82 points per game, and tied for second with 1.06 assists per game.“She’s relentless in her preparation and she’s relentless in her performance,” Crimson coach Katey Stone said. “She’s such a competitor.”Vaillancourt thanked her coaches, teammates, and parents in a teary-eyed acceptance speech on March 21 during the award ceremony at the Radisson Hotel Duluth-Harborview’s banquet hall in Duluth, Minn., emceed...
...delegates hailed from Precinct 110, a suburban, middle- to upper-middle-class neighborhood in northwest Austin, just a stone's throw from Dell Computer and other Austin high-tech companies. In so many ways, the group was a mirror of Austin - a multicultural mix of whites, Asians, African Americans and Hispanics, immigrant and native-born, young men and middle-aged single women, a guy with a ponytail, a woman with a Caribbean accent, an Arab-American precinct chairman, a graphic designer, a teacher-cum-soccer mom, an entrepreneur, a real estate company owner. All of them were participating in their...