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...conclusion.I’ve spent much of the past three weeks hunting down internet connections and sports bars in Buenos Aires, Argentina, doing my best to keep up with a tournament whose import and fan base lies almost exclusively in the United States. I’ve watched a few blurry games on a laptop prone to freezing due to a consistently interrupted feed. I’ve squinted at 14-inch televisions streaming an internet broadcast of five multi-colored blobs morphing up the court without regard for who is whom and whether the ball (a blurry orange...
...used as an example, that discipline is very important for the Chinese athlete," says Brook Larmer, author of Operation Yao Ming. His case sums up the growing conflict between China's monolithic sports machine and increasing numbers of young athletes who prefer freedom - and cash - over following orders. They watch athletes like Yao Ming and tennis star Hu Na playing overseas and earning eight-figure incomes. But China's sports administrators are a formidable adversary. Says Larmer, "Even though the pressure for young athletes to do other things is increasing, I don't see the system changing...
...that necessarily a bad thing? Isn’t ultra-efficiency the highest marker of human advancement? Finally, men, women, and children around the world are getting the most out of their days. Even leisure is becoming more efficient: Why watch “Grey’s Anatomy” at 9 p.m. on Thursdays when you can either TiVo it or watch it online when you have more time...
...thing about movie stars' relation to the audience is: we don't have to live with them; we just watch them do their best for us. "My private life has been hell, really hell," Hutton told Osborne. "But my professional life was wonderful, because the audiences understood I was working for them with all my heart. ... I just love 'em, Bob, and the only way I could show 'em is from a stage, I guess...
...years, Western diplomats have been urging Vietnam's government to promote "transparency and rule of law" as essential ingredients for fighting corruption and fostering smooth business transactions. The same terms are often polite code for allowing democratic movements to exist as well. Brad Adams, Asia director for Human Rights Watch, says he's not sure what message Vietnam's leaders were sending with the open trial in Hue. "It's possible they were just trying to tell everyone that they are so strong and so confident that, yeah, you can come into our trials, and they're phony...