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...more importantly, governmental attempts to control Yao are signs of future problems that extend beyond the basketball court. I am glad Yao is representing China, but what China is that? The potentially progressive, market-oriented democracy we would like to see? Or is part of Yao’s income going back to a Communist, human rights-oppressing, militaristic China that continues to build nuclear weapons and will likely clear Beijing streets of any “undesirables” in time for the 2008 Olympics...
...Howard Levitin, an emergency physician and hosptial disaster preparedness specialist at St. Francis Hospital in Indianapolis. "They're prepared for situations we've seen before: two or three patients involved in a chemical accident. The doctors and nurses know how to decontaminate patients." Does that level of readiness extend to a theoretical large-scale attack, in which tens or even hundreds of people are affected? "I'd have to say, if you're looking at that situation, the answer is no," says Levitin...
...hindsight, identifying $100 million a year to cut from Harvard’s costs makes the University’s concern about the $13 million necessary to extend a living wage to all its workers seem trivial. The administration’s insistence that labor be outsourced in the name of lower costs was at that time a very weak claim given their apparent lack of interest in fielding competitive bids on items from computers to construction materials...
...yard race, Fraser and freshman Jane Evans combined for a one-two finish that gave the Crimson 37 critical points to extend the team’s lead over Brown as the meet entered its final stretch...
...there's a downside to the Afghanistan example: almost 18 months after the Taliban's defeat, Karzai's authority doesn't extend far beyond the gates of the palace in Kabul where he's permanently guarded by U.S. personnel. Much of Afghanistan has been carved up among rival warlords, and even Karzai's own Defense Minister has refused to disband his private militias. The opium trade and banditry remain staple economic activities; the Taliban and al-Qaeda are regrouping and expanding their activity both in the countryside and in the capital; and U.S. and coalition forces come under fire almost...