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...Brief History of "The Big Thing...
...here for 23 years and am not part of the diaspora, I can relate my own boyhood to Chang's photos of rural Taiwan. Life has improved greatly, and what surrounded me back in the old days is all long gone. Through Chang's black-and-white photos, a brief history of Taiwan is on display. Roger Cheng Taipei...
...There is one reality no one can ignore, however. After a brief holiday as a modern city, Kathmandu is suddenly in danger of rejoining the rest of the country in the Dark Ages. Hotels, tourist stalls and restaurants are shutting down and aid donors are shelving vital infrastructure projects. Life in the capital is being ravaged by Maoist extortion rackets, oppressive policing and a slew of paralyzing protests and strikes. The economy is in recession for the first time in memory, and the possibility of Nepal becoming a failed state is now openly discussed in diplomatic circles. "It could...
...education and society at large, but said he thought important progress had been made on both fronts. He particularly lauded the Supreme Court’s recent decision to uphold affirmative action at the University of Michigan. Harvard and six other top universities submitted a friend-of-the-court brief supporting Michigan’s consideration of race in admissions decisions...
...specter of that conflict rose again in the questions audience members, growing combative at times, posed after the speech. After a brief pause in which no one approached the microphone at the back of the tent, participants asked Summers about topics including socioeconomic inequalities in Harvard’s undergraduate population and whether he would vigorously support affirmative action...