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...hard to see how Beijing can stifle the civic impulses of the millions of Chinese who have been stirred into action by the humanitarian crisis. The earthquake has exposed how much China has changed and given a fleeting glimpse of what might be. The political and cultural aftershocks will roll on for years after the ground has ceased to tremble...
...This article contains a table. Please see hardcopy of magazine.] THE ISSUE THE ACTION REPUBLICANS DEMOCRATS TIE Foreign Policy Debates The BARACK OBAMA--JOHN MCCAIN clashes over Iran and Cuba have served as proxies for likely general-election mantras ("Obama lacks experience and judgment" vs. "McCain = Bush"). McCain has shown relative ease in drawing Obama into the fight and away from domestic issues. Obama has seen other Democrats rally strongly to his side. X Party Unity Even as Senator HILLARY CLINTON continues her nomination fight against OBAMA, Democrats are coming together in preparation for the general-election contest...
...pause after eight episodes and cut two of its planned hours. Disaster, right? Wrong. Early seasons of Lost tended to get slack and digressive in the middle. At nearly half the length of previous seasons, this one couldn't afford to. It was focused and propulsive, hurtling the action forward on the island (where the survivors have been found by "rescuers" of murderous intent) while revealing new dimensions to the characters in the flash-forwards to the future (where we learn that six castaways escaped, at a yet unspecified moral cost...
Students are certainly free to opt in or opt out of the elective abortion option, but they should strongly consider the possible implications of their decision to opt out of the fee. The decision is not simply a moral issue; the implications of such an action could have an effect on other controversial services that are offered not only by an insurance company, but also by the University at large...
...Obama over John McCain in the fall. By comparison, 71% of Obama voters said they would vote for her if their candidate did not win the nomination. Some of Clinton's women supporters are angry at what they see as sexist treatment of their candidate. A newly formed political-action committee calling itself WomenCount claimed it had raised $230,000 in four days after running full-page newspaper ads across the country that proclaimed, "Not so fast ... Hillary's voice is OUR voice, and she's speaking...