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Until now. Since late April when a Guangzhou newspaper, the Southern Metropolis News, published a detailed account of Sun's case, China's media, academic circles and Internet chat rooms have been abuzz with demands for reform and even abolition of the system. Sun's status as a college-educated...
Among the posters of stylish models on the walls of Michaela Pütz's Bonn hairdressing salon hangs her Meisterbrief - the master craftsman's diploma that all German artisans must acquire before they set up their own businesses. The 40-year-old Pütz got hers 12 years...
Not all the poets are anti-slavery. An anonymous English lady thoughtfully composed songs for plantation slaves to sing while working: "Bless the fields we dig and plant! / Lord! supply our ev'ry want: / Give our souls and bodies food, / And grateful hearts for ev'ry good." James Boswell took...
In introducing the general topic, Disarmament: Conditions and Consequences," Morgenthau outlined the "general fascination" that disarmament has exercised over the human mind. Even at the present time, people tend to equate the abolition of arms with the preservation of peace--an identity Morgenthau denied.
While the Core seems destined for major reform or abolition, nobody denies the success and benefits of the 30 year program. And a top priority of many is to see these successes preserved.