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...that a unified Korea could make a claim to some of that territory," says Mark Byington, a Harvard postdoctoral fellow who is writing a book on early Korean history. To head that off, Byington says, China is flogging a flawed interpretation of Koguryo's history that is "obviously ideologically driven." Meanwhile, to fight the Chinese assertions, South Korea has set up its own research institute on Koguryo, with $9 million in annual funding. The battle isn't over...
Welcome to the emerging reality of competitive sports, where high stakes and high technology are combining to push the limits of human performance--often without leaving chemical evidence that science is helping nature. Scientists and athletes increasingly find themselves in symbiotic research, both driven to achieve the same goal of enhancing physical ability, but with polar-opposite motivations. Scientists want to treat debilitating diseases, while elite athletes look to the labs for a competitive edge...
What's Right with Germany I hope the signs of Germany's economic turnaround, discussed in "Back on Track" [July 26], are real. But this recovery must be export driven. The country's lack of domestic consumption is not due to fear of the future but to people not having enough money in their pockets. Economic reforms, necessary as they are, will leave most consumers with very little disposable income. Retirement plans will be smaller, forcing people to save more for the future. The high prices for gasoline do not help the consumer either. As your story reported, with...
...Sonja was pouring a glass of white wine for herself and the clay bust of Wagner glistened in the sun. My train speeds south to Nuremberg, and soon I am typing up my coverage of Bayreuth—opening hours, phone numbers and other small details. The morning is driven out of my head...
Online sales are still a small portion (less than 5%) of the celebrity-clothing market. But driven by suburban America's growing fascination with hip-hop (about 40% of this apparel is sold outside urban areas), Web sales have doubled over the past two years. So it's fitting that when rappers decided to peddle their wares online, they turned to a techie suburban couple: Foy, 33, and his wife Jennifer Silano Foy, 31, president of eFashion Solutions. The company, started four years ago, operates websites for, among others, Rocawear, Eminem's Shady line, J. Lo by Jennifer Lopez...