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...weeks in office have seen two colossal FBI embarrassments: the revelation that accused Russian spy Robert Hanssen operated inside the bureau for 15 years; and the discovery of thousands of pages of undisclosed documents in the case of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, which rescued the convict at the brink of execution, at least for now. Neither mess was Ashcroft's fault, of course, but he has to clean both...
Taiwan, at this moment, is an island on the brink of embroilment in superpower conflict, of descent into economic distress and of an unprecedented national awakening and cultural flowering. It is on the brink of, dare anyone say it, nationhood--not in constitutional terms but, perhaps more important, in cultural terms. The 22.2 million Taiwanese and the rest of Asia as well have posited a Taiwan that is so much more than a cold war bulwark and superpower pawn. The island that used to be thought of as the un-China, the anti-Mao or, later, the chip fabricator...
...Taiwan, at this moment, right now, is an island on the brink: of embroilment in superpower conflict, of descent into economic distress, but also of an unprecedented national awakening and cultural flowering of, dare anyone say it, nationhood?not in constitutional terms but, perhaps more importantly, in cultural terms. The 22.2 million Taiwanese?and the rest of Asia as well?have now posited a Taiwan that is so much more than cold war bulwark and superpower pawn. The island that used to be thought of as the un-China, the anti-Mao or, later, the chip fabricator, the hardware producer...
...proud as we can be of what has occurred over the last 20 years, we are on the brink of a major breakthrough. There now exists the possibility of creating a ‘category change’ in this University and the way it is perceived. This possibility exists precisely when such forces as globalization and technology are transforming universities and the societies of which they are a part,” he said in a statement...
...including the U.S., all remain in the neighborhood of the brink, and Japan could still drag the rest of them down if the banks start to go under. But for now, with the U.S. apparently holding its own, Europe feeling confident and Japan in at least a stable coma, the view from the world stage is downright - comparatively, at least - sunny...