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...conflict is to be avoided, there must be dialogue between the two sides. But talks will not be between two one-party systems, as it had been decades before. The recent election has ended the dominance of the Nationalist Party in Taiwan, which now fosters political pluralism, in stark contrast to the chokehold of the Chinese Communist Party on the mainland. If there are any residual notions of unbreakable cultural and historical ties between the two nemeses, Taiwan can very well serve as an example of the possibilities beyond autocratic regimes for communist China...
However, the next match will be against Stanford (10-0). The Cardinal is ranked No. 3 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) rankings, and for several weeks held the top spot. Harvard, in contrast, has dropped from Top-25 a few weeks ago to a distant No. 66. Stanford gives Harvard match-up problems up and down the singles lineup, but its biggest advantage comes from its top-ranked doubles team of Geoff Abrams and Alex...
...Pius XII didn't in any way diminish the power in the spectacle of the bishop of Rome making a heartfelt expression of solidarity with the victims of the Holocaust, before being embraced by a weeping survivor he'd known since his boyhood. This on a day when, in contrast to previous pontiffs who'd taught that the Jews' exile from their land had been punishment for the death of Jesus, John Paul II took the unprecedented step of blessing the state of Israel. The Polish pontiff, who grew up among Jews, may well have succeeded in turning the page...
...However, Jack Fuller, the president of the Tribune's publishing unit, has repeatedly affirmed his commitment to journalistic integrity. Fuller's reputation is in pleasant contrast to that of the editor of the Los Angeles Times, Michael Parks, who has become notorious for his attempts to break down the wall of separation between business and newsgathering. Furthermore, the Tribune's local media outlets enjoy a significant degree of autonomy, with the majority of decisions being made on a local level...
...Yale decided to implement its new financial and human resource information systems simultaneously, in what the industry calls a "Big Bang" approach. In contrast, Harvard has chosen to stagger implementation of the system and has so far only launched the financial segment of the program...