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Dalai Lama discovers pitfalls of politics: ; Unrest in Tibet puts strain on leadership
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BEIJING - This is not an easy time for the Dalai Lama, who seems
to find it easier to trot the globe as a holy man promoting peace
than to serve as a political leader of his Tibetan people.
Twice in a little more than a week, the Dalai Lama has suggested
that he might resign if Tibetans don't stop using violence to press
for greater freedom under Chinese rule.
It's an unusual warning for a religious leader who ranks in many
parts of the world up there with Nelson Mandela as a universal moral
figure and international emissary of peace and harmony.
The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader isn't ...
 "The Racing Post (London, England)")
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Dubai: Clodion on upgrade.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Racing Post (London, England)
; Byline: Stephen Molyneux Clodion continued his rise up the ratings when snatching a thrilling victory for champion jockey Ted Durcan. The gelding will now take a step up in class, having scored three times this season for trainer Nick Robb.
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TERRACOTTA SCULPTURE HAS DAY IN THE SUN
News Wire article from: United Press International
; ...more popular with the public than Claude Michel, known as Clodion, who had studied at the French Academy in Rome and worked...bacchantes, and other mythological figures to delightful life. Clodion (1738-1814) was one of several sculptors who created terracottas...
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Ready for the Millennium; Godolphin hope Derby trial can buck trend of disappointments.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Racing Post (London, England)
; ...Group 1 races in the form of a pacemaker, the ex-French Clodion. A leading fancy for the Derby even before he set foot on...and win well at Goodwood to justify running in the Derby. "Clodion is the pacemaker. He's running in order to give Dubai Millennium...
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Dubai: Durcan delight as Oaks highlights carnival treble.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Racing Post (London, England)
; ...trained gelding was kept to the inside from his low draw and was brought with a well-timed challenge by Stanley Chin to collar Clodion in the final furlong before winning by a length and a half, his second success in Dubai this winter. Deirdre Johnston, wife...
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Unexpected discoveries
Magazine article from: The Spectator
; ...variation on an old theme with his 'Bacchante Riding a Goat' or Gilles-Lambert Godecharle with 'Pan Pursuing Syrinx'. Clodion was, of course, the master of this genre, and he is represented here with a number of outstanding pieces, among them a...
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Former Gosden horse Proven bids for double.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Racing Post (London, England)
; ...The drop to this near ten-furlong (1950m) trip should not bother him. Paul Hanagan's mount meets last year's winner Clodion, who will be partnered by Ted Durcan, and the Erwan Charpy-trained Elghani, for whom Willie Supple will ride for owner...
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Jean-Antoine Houdon: Sculptor of the Enlightenment.
Magazine article from: Apollo
; ...has once again joined forces with Guilhem Scherf of the Louvre, with whom she collaborated on the highly successful 1992 Clodion exhibition. In the intervening decade, Scherf turned his attention to Houdon's rival Augustin Pajou: the result was a...
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O'Brien out of luck in France.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Racing Post (London, England)
; ...the Prix de Vire. Ridden by Eric Legrix, Zinedine hit the front passing the two-furlong pole but had no answer to Clodion (6-4), going down by a length. Legrix was also aboard Yuan, beaten by Andre Fabre's Sea Cove (6-5).
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 "Birmingham Evening Mail (England)")
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DUBAI MILLENNIUM THE DERBY RAGE.
Newspaper article from: Birmingham Evening Mail (England)
; ...491.06. Non-runner: Lady Angharad. 3.25 1 DUBAI MILLENNIUM L Dettori 4-11 fav; 2 Red Sea K Fallon 15-2; 3 Clodion (IRE) D O'Donohoe 25-1. 6 ran. Saeed bin Suroor. Tote: pounds 1.40. Pl: pounds 1.10 pounds 2.00. DF: pounds...
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Millennium to earn top marks in Derby test; GERALD DELEMERE'S VIEW.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Racing Post (London, England)
; ...stablemate Rabah ran a similar race in that event last year before winning this. CONCLUSION: A better turnout than expected. Clodion can set the pace for Dubai Millennium, and give the latter an opportunity to show his well-being. But his rivals' lack...
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