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...This unity presents an opportunity for the next Pope. John Paul II's great unfulfilled desire was to visit China and re-establish diplomatic relations with Beijing, giving the Vatican a direct link to China's Catholics and a greater ability to object to government repression. In return, China would demand that the Holy See break off its ties with Taiwan, which Beijing regards as a renegade province. In secret negotiations over the past decade, papal representatives cleared most obstacles to this kind of understanding, but one major sticking point has remained: the Pope's right to name bishops...
...left a mark on the arts scene at Harvard as well. As a member of the Board of Overseers, one of the University’s two governing bodies, Lithgow conceived of and pushed to establish Harvard’s annual Arts First weekend in 1993, and returns to Harvard each year for the event...
Although some may not be interested, Hirsch is confident that the concerts will establish new connections, and that a reconceptualization of the MFA is taking place even now. If nothing else, this series of shows and its obvious outreach to the younger, hipper generation of college-age audiences indicates the museum’s good intentions...
...wide warning center. Nothing like that exists in the Indian Ocean. The U.N.'s International Oceanographic Commission is now working on creating an independent regional warning system that it hopes to have installed by the end of 2006. But that may prove difficult. The system will be expensive to establish and maintain, and pledges from donor countries in the tsunami's aftermath have not materialized. India has balked at the idea of an open exchange of data, fearing that nuclear secrets could be revealed. Meanwhile, competition between Indonesia and Thailand to host the warning center has led to an impasse...
...What we’re trying to do is establish a line of communication here,” Greeley said...