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...offered vague assurances about learning to respect human rights. But the lessons have not sunk in. Hu Jia, an imprisoned writer, will soon stand trial on the un-Jeffersonian charge of "inciting subversion of state power." His apparent crime: writing a statement saying that the skyscrapers and venues on display in Beijing from Aug. 8 to 24 rest on a foundation of "tears, imprisonment, torture and blood." Hu's co-author, Teng Biao, was plucked from the street by four men in plainclothes and interrogated for 41 hours. "Before they let me out," a shaky Teng explained to TIME...
...Nablus battalion headquarters of the IDF, the senior officer has a display case with bottles of champagne and wine, each a gift from his superiors, each tagged with the name of a terrorist captured or killed. The Israelis rely on a web of informers for information. Saleh Abdul Jawad, a political science professor at Birzeit University, says Israel has "tens of thousands" of Palestinian informers on its payroll. Some keep tabs on who prays at mosques, while others burrow into militant cells, planting bugs and betraying planned actions to their controllers. "Every small part of Palestinian life is under Shin...
Cuno claims repatriation poses a threat to the diverse cultural offerings that "encyclopedic" museums put on display. U.S. museums have the mission of "collecting representative examples of the world’s artistic legacy" for "the study [of] individual traditions within the context of other traditions," he said when testifying to the Cultural Property Advisory Committee of the U.S. State Department...
...permanent collections dwindle as nations reclaim objects, he argued, these museums will no longer be able to display the same gamut of different cultural artifacts side by side, losing a vital resource for prolonged educational comparison...
However, there were determined performances by the Crimson against prestigious opponents. At No. 1, Harvard recorded a consolation point through an impressive display by junior Beier Ko, who sensationally beat the No. 6 singles player in the nation, Georgia Rose...