| Yao Ming almost recovers from foot surgery Houston Rockets center Yao Ming said Thursday he has taken 80 per cent recovery from a foot surgery and would join the Chinese national team on Friday. "I had the last examination on Monday in the United States. I was told I had rec ... english.people.com.cn |
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French School as Democracy and Stage With “The Class,” Laurent Cantet recharges the classroom genre by casting actual students and teachers. nytimes.com |
Lars von Trier Is Still Provocateur of Cannes There’s no question that Lars von Trier knows how to get a rise out of the Cannes press along with its rapt attention and this year at least, its lusty jeers. nytimes.com |
A Photographer Whose Beat Was the World The photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson is the subject of a handsome and large though surely not anywhere near large enough retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art. nytimes.com |