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...years ago, Falun Gong?an eclectic mix of Taoism, Buddhism and Qigong breathing exercises?has prided itself on its organizational acumen. In April 1999, the group achieved the impossible, silently assembling 10,000 adherents in front of Beijing's walled leadership compound. Even as thousands of its members were thrown into labor camps and more than 100 were allegedly tortured to death in police custody, the group kept up its peaceful protests, unfurling banners in Tiananmen Square on a near daily basis. But despite its outward cohesion, Falun Gong is struggling to redefine its philosophical heart. "We all believe...
...that he always opposed the deal, fearing it would trouble relations with China, but that President Fran?ois Mitterrand overruled him. Though the Taiwan affair was central to the investigation, prosecutors have excluded it from the current trial. Reason: addressing the frigate sale could cause the whole case to be thrown out?under French law, only a special Justice Court of the Republic has jurisdiction to try a senior government official for acts related to his functions...
...There's something hilarious about even asking. Clinton has lived his entire political life on the model of death-and-resurrection. He wraps himself in chains and padlocks, has himself sealed into a trunk and thrown off the Tallahatchee Bridge; the bubbles rise, the minutes pass, the crowd waits, breathless.... until, at last, up pops Bill, bright as a dime, the Houdini from Hope. The real question is whether Hillary partakes of the magic in her own right...
...last night of the convention I go to a party thrown by Lion's Gate Productions to boost its big hopeful, "Who Wants to Date a Hooters Girl?" The promotional literature proudly announces that it is "the only branded dating show in television." To boost sales of the show (sample segments: "Stud or Dud?" "Know Your Hooters") the producers have shipped in a clubload of the identically clad gals from the Vegas branch. In the course of my investigation I chat to several of these girls in their tangerine hotpants and tight white crop-tops. (Tough work...
...like this: rapid cuts of swank guests and strewn rose petals, 360[degrees] swirls as the bride descends the staircase, a low-angle shot of the groom in his kilt, a killer closeup of Sting's molars as he sings Ave Maria and--big finish--a plateful of haggis thrown at the camera. The whole film would be very loud and would last about six seconds...