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...city need to be settled soon. The Basic Law, Hong Kong's post-1997 constitution, which is based on a Chinese agreement with Britain on the colony's handover, allows that direct elections for the Chief Executive and the Legislative Council are Hong Kong's eventual goal. But the document does not specify a road map or timetable toward it. While China's leaders are committed to the Basic Law, they seem in no hurry to embrace direct elections. "They're anxious about moving too fast," says Anson Chan. "They're worried that there will be implications for stability; that...
...Rudy on Rights In asserting that the right to bear arms is part of the U.S. Constitution, Rudy Giuliani expresses a popular understanding of that document's Second Amendment [Feb. 26]. When the U.S. was established, the right to bear arms was linked to what was regarded as the duty of every able-bodied citizen to protect the state. This is not the same as authorizing every citizen to keep arms for private purposes. Opponents of gun control have the right to argue their case, but reliance on an anachronistic provision does not appear to be a sound argument. Sundara...
...Rudy on Rights In asserting that the right to bear arms is part of the U.S. Constitution, Rudy Giuliani expresses a popular understanding of that document's Second Amendment [Feb. 26]. When the U.S. was established, the right to bear arms was linked to what was regarded as the duty of every able-bodied citizen to protect the state. This is not the same as authorizing every citizen to keep arms for private purposes. The enemies of the U.S. have progressed to methods and weapons against which a gun-bearing militia would be powerless. Opponents of gun control have...
...Following Stockard’s logic, understanding and integrating Allston’s identity into their plans should be a critical concern of Harvard planners as they work out the kinks of the master plan, an official document presented to the City of Boston in January that broadly outlines the University’s vision for the next 50 years...
...Institute, conduct separate technology transfer agreements because they are financially independent entities. Caltech, Cornell, MIT, Stanford, the University of California, the University of Illinois-Chicago and Urbana Champaign, the University of Washington, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Yale University, and the Association of American Medical Colleges also endorsed the document. —Laurence H. M. Holland contributed to the reporting of this story. —Staff writer Clifford M. Marks can be reached at cmarks@fas.harvard.edu...