The lineup

Good times and better

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August 18th 2008
It just keeps getting crazier. Two nights ago I was given otherwise unused tickets to watch Athletics, and I got to see the men's 100m sprint - the fastest man in the world! 9.69 seconds - Go Jamaica! But these tickets I got were not just any old tickets. They were meant for who we in the States think of as the richest man in the world, and also his very rich wife. No need to name-drop here, bu ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more