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  • Clinton Memoirs Now in Chinese

    01/11/2005 10:12:12 PM PST · by kattracks · 14 replies · 502+ views
    NewsMax.com ^ | 1/11/05 | AP
    Bill Clinton has reached an agreement with a Chinese publisher over the translation of "My Life," after struggling to come up with an official version of his memoirs to counteract fabrications in pirated copies. The Chinese publisher, Yilin Press, had been concerned that some passages translated verbatim "would have a meaning in Chinese somewhat different than what I meant," Clinton said Tuesday. "We reached an agreement on language which, if accurately translated into Chinese, would make it clear that I have both differences in policy (from the Chinese) and a long-term commitment to reconciliation," Clinton said. Bob Barnett, a lawyer...
  • Sounding out the weather : satellite designed to improve forecasting and climate research.

    05/03/2002 1:17:21 PM PDT · by Ernest_at_the_Beach · 8 replies · 376+ views
    The Orange County Register ^ | May 3, 2002 | GARY ROBBINS
    <p>It wasn't a guess, exactly. But Ivory Small, a forecaster for the National Weather Service, was relying on experience as much as science recently when he called for sunny skies across Orange County.</p> <p>The key computer models that form the basis of forecasts disagreed. One said it would rain. The other said it wouldn't.</p>