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Part I – Overview (GoldSeek.com)
Thu, 14 Aug 2008 02:35:45 GMT I have had several requests to comment on the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008. This afternoon, I read hundreds of pages of bill language.

Britons abroad: Speaking in tongues (Independent)
Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:48:14 GMT We learn to speak, as fish learn to swim, and birds to fly, because language is in our blood. The way two-year-olds negotiate complex linguistic structures is one of the miracles of nature; the way five-year-olds master two languages – when it's one for home, and another for school – is just as miraculous. They learn their school language in order to survive; and it's the survival instinct that ...

Bargains abound in China for those who haggle (San Francisco Chronicle)
Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:40:51 GMT In the chaotic Silk Street shopping district, English expatriates Caris Rubenzer and Caroline Browne are prowling for shoes. They stop at a stall and zero in on a pair of Ugg boots. The saleslady opens with an offer of 800 yuan, or about $120, which they deem...

Top Scoops (Scoop.co.nz)
Tue, 12 Aug 2008 05:56:14 GMT Driving jobholders out of office is like the old discredited policy of driving prostitutes out of town. Their places are immediately taken by others who are precisely like them. - Albert Jay Nock

Brush Up on the Mandarin for ‘Table Tennis’ and ‘Triathlon’ (New York Times)
Fri, 08 Aug 2008 04:10:50 GMT UPDATED: As a commenter pointed out, users can listen to the podcasts on any MP3 player.

Beijing Daily Dispatch (CBS News)
Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:30:06 GMT CBS News Staffers covering the Olympics tell of their insider impressions and experiences.

Top Scoops (Scoop.co.nz)
Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:11:25 GMT Beijing Coma by Ma Jian Chatto & Windus, $37. Review By Jeremy Rose for the Scoop Review of Books My first conversation in China was with a spastic street cleaner in Guangzhou.

College and Company Link Up to Lure Foreigners (The Florence Times-Daily)
Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:33:34 GMT Northeastern is using Kaplan Inc. to find students for, and help run, a special program for international students.

Forbes claims Canton is dying (The Canton Repository)
Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:46:27 GMT Canton is getting unwanted national attention after Forbes.com put the city and three others in Ohio on its "America's Fastest-Dying Cities" list.

Mark Easton (BBC News)
Mon, 04 Aug 2008 07:56:57 GMT Must we accept the war on drugs is unwinnable?

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