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...irritate many, it also did nothing to address the legitimate concerns some people had with the Boston government erecting a tree. Despite the fact that some have claimed that a Christmas tree is not an overtly Christian symbol, it is still a symbol associated with a Christian holiday, the birth of Christ. Giving the tree a different name does not change this. If someone erects an evergreen and decorates it with ornaments and lights, everyone will recognize the tree as a Christmas tree. A simple name change does not secularize the symbol. The naming debacle is just another example...
...China, where for decades communist minders dictated most aspects of people's private lives. Dressed in baggy Mao suits--hardly outfits to set the pulse racing--citizens of the People's Republic had to ask permission from local officials on everything from whom to marry to what kind of birth control to use. But these days many Chinese are walking on the wilder side. Sparked by the easing of government control over individual lifestyle choices and the spread of more permissive, Western attitudes toward sex, Chinese are copulating earlier, more often and with more partners than ever before. Today...
...also brought unpleasant side effects. Although sex education is supposedly mandatory in Chinese middle schools, "many older teachers are too embarrassed, so they tear out the pages about sex from the textbooks," says Hu Peicheng, secretary-general of the China Sexology Association in Beijing. With little knowledge of birth control, an increasing number of unmarried women are getting pregnant in a culture in which single motherhood is still taboo. A survey by Shanghai medical researcher Yan Fengting found that 65% of urban women undergoing abortions in 2004 were single, compared with just 25% in 1999. Rates of sexually transmitted diseases...
...Center for the program’s public kickoff, which was headlined by keynote speaker Daniel Vasella, the CEO of pharmaceutical giant Novartis International and a past participant in several executive education programs at HBS. Vasella said that increases in life expectancy—along with a decline in birth rates—indicate that the U.S. population will grow older, putting an added burden on the nation’s health care system. “Business knowledge can improve the efficiency and productivity of the health care system,” Vasella said...
...fist. While he has shown a flair for late-game heroics, he is not yet Joe Montana. He has struggled with his accuracy, throwing four interceptions in a loss to the Minnesota Vikings. Plus, his personality is just not Peyton's. Eli attributes his reticence at least partly to birth order. "Around dinner, I was just kind of watching and letting them do the talking," says Eli of his older brothers. "Don't speak until spoken...