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...day—the “ring of fire”—as well as his views on the current administration and the upcoming presidential race. Matthews spoke about the American people’s desire for change and the impact that it has had on election politics. “Americans generally don’t say this is as good as it gets,” Matthews said. “We’re not European. We don’t just accept the way things are. We always try something...
Last year, with her schedule presumably packed with planning the details of her incipient administration, President-elect Drew G. Faust neglected to attend the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) commissioning ceremony. This spring, however, she has indicated that she will grace the proceedings not only with her presence but also with a short sermon...
...America.”“For the Harvard University president to speak to them and neglect to mention that the program is in violation of our anti-discrimination code would be a great omission and a real shame,” he said.Last year, neither president-elect Faust nor then-interim President Derek C. Bok—an Army veteran—attended the commissioning ceremony, and their absence spurred criticism from some student groups and from the conservative editorial page of The Wall Street Journal. An editorial in the Journal had stated that ROTC had been...
...That fight has made Lee the face of Hong Kong's democracy movement, especially during the territory's 1997 transition from British to Chinese rule. Under the current "one-country, two systems" policy, voters in Hong Kong may directly elect half of their 60 legislators, but Beijing retains the power to appoint the territory's chief executive. Lee has doggedly lobbied for greater electoral freedom for Hong Kong citizens. "Martin is for Hong Kong what Aung San Suu Kyi is for Burma, and what the Dalai Lama is for Tibet," says Carl Gershman, President of the National Endowment for Democracy...
...Hong Kong's Basic Law, the mini-constitution enacted in 1997, proposed the introduction of universal suffrage as early as 2008. In 2004, Beijing postponed that date until at least 2012. Then last December, Beijing announced that Hong Kong voters will have to wait until 2017 and 2020 to elect their chief executive by popular vote and to vote for all 60 seats in the Legislative Council...