| One of his more memorable lines was The speech... 437 |
[Mar. 4th, 2010|03:07 am] |
One of his more memorable lines was The speech went over about as well as a Velcro condomBut there really wasnt much to considerI couldnt end up any worse off than I already wasThe next day I called Harry and asked him to try to set up the Carson appearanceCarson normally didnt invite politicians on the show, but apparently he made an exception because I was too good a punching bag to pass up, and because I agreed to play the sax, which he could use as an excuse to keep his ban at least on nonmusical politiciansThe sax argument was Harrys idea, not the last clever one he would think up for me
A couple of days later, I was on a plane to California, with Bruce Lindsey and my press secretary, Mike GauldinBefore the show, Johnny Carson came by the room where I was waiting and said hello, something he almost never didI guess he knew I had to be hurting and wanted to put me at easeI was slated to come onstage shortly after the show started, and Carson began by telling the audience not to |
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| As Narcissa dragged Draco out of the way of... 144 |
[Feb. 15th, 2010|03:26 am] |
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As Narcissa dragged Draco out of the way of further harm, Bellatrix sprang to her feet, her hair flying as she brandished the silver knife |
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| As Ron ran to pull Hermione out of the wreckage,... 128 |
[Feb. 15th, 2010|03:26 am] |
As Ron ran to pull Hermione out of the wreckage, Harry took the chance: He leapt over an armchair and wrested the three wands from Draco's grip, pointed all of them at Greyback, and yelled, "\iStupefy!\i" The werewolf was lifted off his feet by the triple spell, flew up to the ceiling and then smashed to the ground
As Narcissa dragged Draco out of the way of further harm, Bellatrix sprang to her feet, her hair flying as she brandished the silver knife |
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| "Aren't you happy now that you have... 635 |
[Feb. 13th, 2010|03:50 am] |
"Aren't you happy now that you have one?"
Madame Li gave up and went to bedYuanzhi also got ready for sleep, and was just about to take off her clothes when she heard a light tapping on the window sill and someone saying: "Come out, little boy! I want to ask you something
Yuanzhi picked up her sword and ran out to the courtyard where she spotted a figure standing in the shadows
"Follow me if you dare!" the figure said and jumped over the courtyard wallLike a young calf unafraid of a tiger, Yuanzhi followed without a thought for what might be waiting for her on the other sideAs her feet touched the ground, she found a sword thrusting towards her
Yuanzhi raised her own sword and parried the stroke, shouting: "Who is it?" The yellow-robed figure retreated two steps, and said: "I am the Muslim girl Huo QingtongWhat were you doing helping the agency men to mess up our plans? Why don't you mind your |
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| "I will do whatever Your Highness... 718 |
[Feb. 12th, 2010|03:40 am] |
"I will do whatever Your Highness orders
"Gentlemen should not snatch prized possessions from others, but this is something decided by Fate," replied Qian Long"Ah, when one's love is concentrated on one person, what can one do? Go over there and take a look
He pointed to a doorway on the western side of the room, then stood up and walked out
Chen was greatly confused by this strange speech, but he calmed himself and pulled aside the thick door curtainHe walked slowly through into what he saw was an extremely sumptuous bed chamberA red candle burned in the corner, and a girl in a white gown sat staring at its flame
Suddenly seeing Princess Fragrance in the depths of the Imperial Palace, Chen was dumbfoundedHe swayed |
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| Moreover, putting up a missile defense could... 750 |
[Feb. 11th, 2010|03:36 am] |
Moreover, putting up a missile defense could actually expose the world to greater dangerFor the foreseeable future, the system would knock out only a few missiles even if it workedIf the United States and Russia were to erect such a system, China would probably build more missiles to overcome it in order to maintain its deterrent capabilityThen India would follow suit, as would PakistanThe Euro-peans were convinced it was a terrible ideaBut we didnt have to deal with all those issues until we had a system that worked, and so far, we didnt
Before I left Moscow, Putin hosted a small dinner in the Kremlin with a jazz concert afterward, featuring Russian musicians from teenagers to an octogenarianThe finale began on a dark stage, a haunting series of tunes by my favorite living tenor saxophonist, Igor ButmanJohn Podesta, who loved jazz as much as I did, agreed with me that we had never heard a finer live performance
I went to Ukraine to announce Americas financial support for President Leonid Kuchmas decision to close the final reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant by December 15It had taken a long time, and I was glad to know that at least the problem would be resolved before I leftMy last stop was an outdoor speech to a huge crowd of Ukrainians whom I urged to stay on the course of |
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| Hello, my account friends 625 |
[Feb. 10th, 2010|10:37 pm] |
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Welcome to my first blog |
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| Chinese Web Users Doubt Director's Info on 'Avatar' |
[Feb. 3rd, 2010|04:24 pm] |
"As the release of ""Avatar"" in China draws near, a Chinese Internet user put up a posting on Rednet.cn Tuesday. He doubted director James Cameron's words during an earlier press conference in Beijing where he promoted his film.
According to the Global Times, Cameron revealed that China was the inspiration for some of the alien planet scenes in the film, especially ""Hallelujah Mountains"", which he said was modeled after Huangshan Mountain in China's Anhui Province. He recalled sending his crew to the site to select scenery and take pictures. ""All we had to do was simply recreate Huangshan Mountain in outer space.""
However, Internet user Deng provided some evidence to prove that the model of Hallelujah Mountains in ""Avatar"" is not Huangshan, but an area called the South Pillar of Heaven in Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province. Deng put a picture of the South Pillar of Heaven next to a still scene from ""Avatar"", showing how the two mountains look very similar. Deng claimed he worked in Zhangjiajie and was very familiar with the South Pillar of Heaven, often taking pictures of it from different perspectives.
A number of online users replied this post, accusing Cameron of giving misleading information.
""Avatar"" is the story of an ex-Marine who finds himself thrust into hostilities on an alien planet filled with exotic life forms. It is scheduled to debut in China on January 4, 2010.
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