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...face of China's larger restrictions on religion, some overseas aid groups say, a boom in Bible production doesn't mean much. "It reflects the rapid growth of the number of Christians in China," says Bob Fu, who runs the U.S.-based China Aid Association, an advocacy group for mainland Christians. "But I don't see that can be a sign of increasing religious freedom." Several Chinese have recently been arrested for illegally bringing Bibles into the country, Fu points out. On Nov. 28, police raided the house of Beijing bookstore owner Shi Weihan, confiscating Bibles and other religious publications...
Since then, the boom in bets related to climate change has proliferated in other financial markets, too. With amateur and professional investors alike growing more concerned about global warming, financial institutions are finding a myriad of ways to cash in. A whole host of new indices, funds and esoteric instruments have been created to meet their needs. Some, for example, offer ways for investors to ride the long-term growth of sectors such as renewable energy, waste management and Arctic shipping; others bundle and package climate-change risk so it can be traded like platinum or pork bellies by hedge...
...tick, tick...BOOM!,” main character Jon (Derek S. Mueller ’10) humorously agonizes for a whole song—whimsically titled “Sugar”—over the process of buying a Twinkie. He compares it to trying to buy a pack of condoms: both involve the characteristic guilty body language, the overt attempts at subtlety, and the cashier’s tendency to nip the purchaser’s unobtrusiveness in the bud. A few scenes later, Jon’s best friend reveals that he is seriously...
...Nightly News” for 21 years, is also the author of four best-selling books, most notably “The Greatest Generation.” At the event, which was sponsored by the Harvard Book Store, he presented his latest, “BOOM!: Voices of the Sixties,” combining anecdotes from his life, a brief retelling of the major events of the 1960s, and a reflection on what our nation has gained and how we should best proceed. “What I hope will happen as a result of ‘BOOM...
...plans are for next year and you’re likely to see an expression that’s part frustration, part confusion, but mostly panic. Centering on the life of a struggling composer, Jonathan Larson’s play “Tick, Tick…BOOM!” channels all these emotions in full force. The play will run Dec. 6-16 in the Adams Pool Theatre. Larson, who is most famous for writing the popular musical “RENT,” largely based this earlier work on his own experiences. “What...