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Rajdeep Datta Roy 11:56 PM | March 10,2009
While chess currently has some 4,115 players registered with the All India Chess Federation, bridge has some 13,000. Yet chess is thriving while bridge is declining
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Neil Sands / AFP 01:42 PM | August 10,2008
Day marked by accidents, as China’s He Kexin, Chellsie Memmel of US fall from uneven bars. Nastia Luikin lands heavily dismounting from same apparatus
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Inflation Economics | William Pesek 11:15 PM | August 04,2008
The Beijing Games were meant to showcase the new China, yet the International Olympic Committee finds itself pressuring officials to allow journalists to view websites previously barred in the nation’s capital
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Games Economics | William Pesek / Bloomberg 10:52 PM | July 30,2008
Amnesty International says a preoccupation with security and stability in the run-up to the August 8 opening is damaging China’s record
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April Rabkin / NYT 11:54 PM | July 02,2008
By September, it is conceivable that China’s global standing could plummet while China’s citizens see the Olympics as an astounding success
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Olympics Economics | William Pesek / Bloomberg 01:02 AM | April 17,2008
Conventional wisdom outside Beijing says the 2008 Olympics are becoming a turning point in China’s relationship with human rights, transparency and democracy
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Looking Glass | Namita Bhandare 12:47 AM | April 15,2008
The debate, in fact, was kicked off weeks before the torch was anywhere in sight
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Here, There, Everywhere | Salil Tripathi 10:48 PM | February 27,2008
Sports and arts boycotts are feel-good boycotts. They require no sacrifices on the part of politicians
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Here, There, Everywhere | Salil Tripathi 10:36 PM | February 27,2008
Sports and arts boycotts are feel-good boycotts. They require no sacrifices on the part of politicians
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Your Views 12:26 AM | October 08,2007
Environmental concerns apart, urban traffic congestion is a more immediate problem
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