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Nothing But the Truth (2008)
The film's true strength comes from the fact that it is not a true
Hollywood film. There is a tone about it that is certainly not like a
usual story like this. The characters are dark, but also with redeeming
qualities. Schwimmer's character of the husband does hurtful things,
but out of weakness rather than malice. Dillon's character is ruthless
in his prosecution, but in truth, he is just doing his job well. Even
Beckinsale's character is not the underdog hero that this film could
have been about. Thankfully, this movie takes a different route.

24 May 09

Battle in Seattle (2007)

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Battle in Seattle (2007)

05 May 09

大学生参加五四报告会时玩手机睡觉(组图)_新闻中心_新浪网

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大学生参加五四报告会时玩手机睡觉(组图)

12 Mar 09

YouTube - 童声合唱《草泥马之歌》

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05 Feb 09

Protester throws shoe at Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao - Times Online

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Protester throws shoe at Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao

17 Jan 09

Please Vote for Me - 请投我一票 - 视频 - 优酷视频 - 在线观看 - 纪录片陈为军请投我一票请为我投票

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Please Vote for Me - 请投我一票

14 Dec 08

两岸大三通明日全面启动_新闻中心_新浪网

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两岸大三通明日全面启动

08 Dec 08

山东新泰多名欲进京上访者被强送精神病院_新闻中心_新浪网

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山东新泰多名欲进京上访者被强送精神病院
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改革30年:人大代表投反对票定格民主瞬间_新闻中心_新浪网

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改革30年:人大代表投反对票定格民主瞬间

05 Dec 08

吴敬琏：腐败问题源于改革遭到扭曲_新闻中心_新浪网

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吴敬琏：腐败问题源于改革遭到扭曲

30 Nov 08

台北：躁动的夜晚 - FT中文网 - FTChinese.com

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我们到达的这天上午，马英九在台北宾馆会见了海协会长陈云林。他们笑容满面的握手、互示温情，但后者是无法叫上一句“马总统”。
多年以来，双方最大胆的举措，也仍停留在经济层面上，认定只要一起赚钱，就必定达成统一。如果海峡两边都仅仅是商人的话，一切早已迎刃而解。但是，社会总是由更复杂的人群构成，而每个人的需求也不仅仅是利益。
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- 喧闹扑面而来。这是我第三次身处这样的人群中。第一次还是一九九九年，那时我念大学，和同学们聚集在北京的美国大使馆前，表达对美军飞机轰炸中国驻南斯拉夫使馆的抗议。我们按照学校，被划分成不同的方阵，走过大使馆。我忘记了自己是否也喊了口号，只记得对身处这样的人群很不自在，像是一场意料之中的表演。况且，我对于周围高喊“打倒美帝国主义”的同学们也很不舒服，为了一张美国签证，他们中的很多人不分日夜的背单词，想法设法的了解不同签证官的脾气。
- 我怀疑这些抗议，是因为它们的高度虚伪性——他们标榜自己的民族义愤，却又深深的崇拜与渴望美国与日本；年轻人想表明自己的参与感，却从来只对安全的、得到官方授权的话题表示异议；他们看似热情亢奋，却又是那么的昙花一现，短暂的热闹过后，一切恢复常态。
- 这场抗议给我最初的印象是，它像是一场嘉年华。
- 我似乎突然明白为何在二十世纪的历次革命中，为何福建人与广东人经常是其中的主导。他们是一群仗义、却也经常轻信的人，只要认准一个道理、一种信念，他们就会奋不顾身的投身其中，热血战胜了个人的得失。
- 十点钟，我离开混乱的现场。带者一丝兴奋，像是目睹一场社会运动的表演，感到了身处人群中的亢奋和身不由己，并多少有点震惊于防暴警员的克制。
- 一位中年女士走过来劝我快走，防暴警察开始行动了，他们要清场。我犹记那位女士的关怀、恳切神情，刹那间，我们像是成了亲密的盟友。中山北路上已经乱作了一团。抗议的民众正一步步后退，盾牌与头盔武装起来的警员正步伐一致的向前推进。一方混乱，而和另一方的整齐。当刚才那些斯斯文文的警员当排列在一起、行动一致时，单纯的个体消失了，他们变成了一个强大的、不尽人情的国家机器。

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甘肃陇南市11月17-18日的骚乱
只有毛泽东例外，他一生最大的自信就是，他想乱就乱、想治就治，从大乱到大治，均在掌控之下。
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- 邓小平当时采取的最重要的“大治”措施，是废除文革期间中国老百姓揭露批判官僚特权、贪污腐化也是互相攻击打"派战"的最基本手段——大字报、大辩论等“四大自由”。
- 文革时代的“四大自由”——它们既是老百姓发泄民愤的渠道，更是毛整肃对手的武器
- 曾有过一些先进的设想，这方面最突出的体现，是1980年邓的《改革党和国家的领导制度》。
  
  邓的这篇文章中有句名言：没有好的制度，任何人都可能做坏事。
- 可惜邓在这方面不坚定，本来是按照这个思路进行的1983年"整党"，很快遭遇一些当权者的抵制，那样下去，会伤害手握实权的既得利益者。因而这一理念非但没有持续下去，反而出现了针对彻底改革派的"清除精神污染运动"。

31 Oct 08

U.S. ELECTION: Scientists Plant Grass-Roots Effort for Obama in Final Days of Contest -- Kintisch 322 (5902): 658 -- Science

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"On issues of science, on support for research, and on his interactions with the scientific community, there's no contest compared to [Senator John] McCain,"
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- Michael Stebbins, president of the Scientists and Engineers for America (SEA) Action Fund, which set up a channel on YouTube for scientists of both political persuasions to explain their choice. As of press time, 22 videos have been posted--all by Obama supporters.
- Some scientists believe that their training prepares them to be effective political communicators. "A lot of interacting with voters involves studying the issues, developing a coherent and logical argument, and articulating one's ideas. And thinking on one's feet. And this is what scientists are trained to do," says Daniel Holz, a physicist at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. But Dartmouth College cosmologist Robert Caldwell was a little disappointed when four New Hampshire papers rejected his letters. He wonders if the "footnotes and references" he included to bolster his arguments hurt his chances. "They probably added to the word count," he says.
- worries that such activism could "compromise the scientific enterprise" by politicizing it.
- "scientists using science to support their partisan views." The problem, he says, is that they could "lose credibility with the public."