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...campaign. I never had any religious services in the White House. The first time that religion was injected seriously into the political game was when John Kennedy ran back in 1960. I think that candidates can say, 'Yes I do have faith. This is my belief, but when I get into office I will treat all Americans exactly the same whether they have my religion or no religion...
...truly as “harsh” as the post proclaims will likely remain an unanswered question. Perhaps this is for the best—a witch hunt would only worsen matters—and the ad’s authenticity is ultimately less important than the disturbing belief, widely held among students, that this post is possibly real...
...Chanel. Not Gucci. Not even Halston. The sexiest new-old house to bask in the fashion limelight again first held sway more than 500 years ago. From 1485 to 1603, the house of Tudor ruled with iconoclastic sovereigns Henry VIII and Elizabeth I and an unshakable belief in power dressing. Forget horse bits and camellias; in the Tudors' heyday, outr looks like the ruff, the codpiece and the farthingale hoopskirt were high-fashion musts...
...know more pressure is coming and are afraid." In the case of Darfur, says Tsinghua's Yan, "yes, the pressure worked." But he is quick to add that just because Western NGOs have had one success, they should not assume they will have another. China remains wedded to the belief that outside forces should not be allowed to dictate what a nation thinks is its own business. "China will never change its fundamental policy of nonintervention in internal affairs," says Yan. "If it did, it could legitimize intervention by the U.N. in matters such as Taiwan...
...Games have brought China's behavior into the global range of vision, encouraging people the world over, including many in China, to think of the new giant in a new way. Has such scrutiny changed China? At the margin, perhaps. But in its essentials--in the deeply held belief among China's leaders that China must be allowed to develop its society, its cities, its human rights and its politics in its own way and at its own speed...