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...China has become more powerful, it has boosted its leverage on the world stage. Many nations, especially neighbors, are now reluctant to cross Beijing. India, which once welcomed Tibetan exiles, including the Dalai Lama himself, now restrains Tibetan protesters. Nepal has done the same, sometimes brutally, and has indicated that it will clear and secure the Everest route for the Olympic torch - thereby possibly pre-empting anti-China protests. Twenty years ago, when China was weaker, a boycott might have been possible, since other countries could ignore Beijing. Today, the world needs China, with all its warts, to help solve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Playing the Games | 3/20/2008 | See Source »

...increasingly pierced by the spacecraft's radar. And this summer Cassini will make an unusually high orbit above Saturn's massive B ring, promising unique images of the ring, spread like an immense halo around the planet. The ship will also have the rare opportunity to observe the sun cross the plane of the ring from south to north, literally shedding light on the B ring's complex particle structure. "We want to know what a particle would look like if you could pick one up and hold it in your hand," Spilker says, "and we can do that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cosmic Flock | 3/20/2008 | See Source »

...would be nice if some of the down-home fervor and neck-snapping incongruities of his stage shows could be duplicated in movies. They might not cross over to the wider audience, but that shouldn't concern Perry. His core crowd loves him. And, he surely believes, so does Jesus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: God and Tyler Perry vs. Hollywood | 3/20/2008 | See Source »

After the cross-town rivals reached a 15-15 tie, the Engineers took the lead and soundly defeated Harvard, 30-26 in game two. MIT’s momentum continued into the third game, as the Engineers pulled far ahead of the Crimson early into the frame. But with Weissbourd serving, Harvard managed to close the gap and level the score at 26. However, the Crimson failed to maintain its stride and allowed MIT to score a crucial two points, putting the Engineers ahead for good...

Author: By Courtney D. Skinner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Suffers Dissappointing Loss | 3/20/2008 | See Source »

...Friday more than a billion Christians around the world will mark the gravest observance on their Calendar, Good Friday, the day Jesus died on the cross. (To be followed in two days by Easter Sunday, to mark his Resurrection...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Good Friday! Happy Purim, Eid, etc... | 3/19/2008 | See Source »

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