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...rapid reform has grown over the past year, less because of Maoist nostalgia than out of concern that its immediate consequences - massive unemployment with no social safety net - will provoke widespread unrest that could undermine Beijing's grip on power. It was the same concern to maintain order that drove the crackdown last year on the Falun Gong religious sect, which while it had no obvious political agenda represented an independent nationwide organization that the communist leadership found threatening. So while WTO membership will formally commit Beijing to open up large sectors of its economy to foreign competition, the realities...
Whitton and Godfree set the tone for Harvard's hitting that day. Whitton drove the second pitch of the game over the head of the Wildcat left fielder, and Godfree followed with a single up the middle. The Crimson was unable to capitalize, but it was the beginning the team needed after such a terrible loss the night before...
Almost 30 years ago, I drove my 12-year-old son to a weekend camping trip with his Boy Scout troop. We arrived at 8 in the evening. The boys were in their tents, and the scoutmaster, assistant scoutmaster and two father chaperones were in a camper trailer drinking whiskey sours; the scoutmaster was pretty well in the bag. I reluctantly left my son there and worried all weekend about his being supervised by that group of "morally straight" men. I would have been far happier to have him in the care of a responsible gay scoutmaster like James Dale...
...preliminary discussions Monday night, members of the Mid-Cambridge Neighborhood District Commission (MCNDC) debated the proposals in advance of their formal review. The group's criticism drove University representatives into a hasty strategic huddle and the decision to reconvene their own planning committee...
While playing in 19 of Harvard's 20 Ivy games, Lentz drove in 11 runs and led the Crimson with a .393 batting average...