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...Taiwan needed to acknowledge China's might. Now that he is President, Ma wants to launch direct transport links with the mainland, lift restrictions on Taiwan businesses operating in China and open the island to Chinese tourists and investors. As he told my colleague Michael Schuman: "We can make cross-strait relations work for both - a win-win situation...
...doing here? He ain't done nothing. I'm the real sinner." Wright had taught him that God loves sinners, too. "I learned that I wasn't born bad," and then he spoke on the passage in Mark, when Jesus turns to the thief next to him on the cross and says, "Verily ... though shalt be with me." Good Friday marks the holiest day of the year for many African-American Christians, according to Dwight Hopkins, a theologian at University of Chicago's Divinity School. The "strange fruit" that swung from Southern trees bears striking resemblance to Roman crucifixion...
Some communities, however, have opted for much lower-tech solutions. In County Mayo, Ireland, where rising pedestrian accidents have caused concern, elementary-school children persuaded the Irish Road Safety Authority last week to revive a popular 1970s ditty called the "Safe Cross Code," which exhorts six easy steps (including "look for a safe place" and "don't hurry") for safe street crossing. But even the classics can sometimes afford a little modernization: the Irish musician Brendan Grace has agreed to re-record the old-time jingle as a cell-phone ringtone, which can now be downloaded for a fee that...
...Boston resident who said he has been an anti-war activist since the 1970s, said he was excited to see Harvard students “using the skills they learn in college for the better.” “It’s good to see a cross-generational anti-war movement,” he said. “I like seeing so many youth involved.”Laura M. Binger, a Harvard law student, called participating in the rally “an obligation.”“It’s been...
...University-wide priorities. This shift is set to remain a priority of Mass. Hall despite the changing of the guard. Vice President for Alumni Affairs and Development Tamara E. Rogers has announced the creation of a University Development Office team dedicated to soliciting large donations for projects that cross schools. “I would say that certainly University development is transitioning to being able to serve a wider cut of the schools and serving the University more broadly,” Rogers said in an interview last week. Rogers also said that the new team will work to expand...