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...devout, a thrilling jolt of humanity. We were friends for 30 years. We closed a few bars together in the early years, before Maureen shaped him up; we talked politics incessantly; we shared summer rentals; we watched our kids, especially Luke and Sophie, who were born a few months apart, grow up, go to Jesuit colleges (Tim got a kick out of the fact that Sophie, a Jewsuit, aced New Testament at Fordham) and, a final happiness for Tim, we saw them graduate...
...factories were modeled after the old Soviet-style system, which during the cold war churned out limber Romanian gymnasts and a fleet of doped-up East German swimmers. But the East bloc is long gone--and with it, sports by diktat. Today China is one of the few nations, apart from the likes of North Korea and Cuba, to commit so many state resources to athletics. While some young Chinese choose to attend sports schools, others, like Cloud, are little more than pawns of the state...
...ticketing cars that double-park in them. (Swing open a door at the wrong time, and a cyclist could get seriously injured.) Washington has spent the past seven years installing more than 30 miles (48 km) of bike lanes--officials are looking into building more that are set apart from regular traffic by concrete barriers, Parisian style--and has safety campaigns to help cyclists and motorists get along...
South Africa in Crisis The recent spate of xenophobic violence in South Africa [June 2] is shocking and embarrassing to witness. Apart from the official reasons given, the problem boils down to "have and have not." Many South Africans - those who have built a life with the fruits of their labor - have suffered heavy losses through violence and theft. The criminals are said to be opportunists and not necessarily part of an organized group, but the relative inefficiency with which the government dealt with the violence poses the question: How long before mobs turn on the middle and upper income...
...very difficult. That is our position as well. But what's important is that my government will continue to work very closely with China and the U.S. in order to resolve this. We have no intention of taking two separate tracks, for instance by developing inter-Korean relations apart from the six-party talks. We will continue to try to convince [North Korea] that it is in their national interest - to protect the regime and to ensure better lives for the people - to give up their nuclear-weapons program. We are very genuinely seeking reconciliation and peace on the Korean...