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...This perception gap may be the single biggest obstacle to closer regional ties. Japanese society remains suspicious of foreigners. Government surveys conducted in 2005 and 2006 found that nearly two-thirds of Japanese harbored negative feelings toward China, the highest percentages in more than two decades. Video game-loving software consultant Wu recalls how he was once walking to work - he held down five part-time jobs to afford his graduate-school tuition - and was stopped three times in 15 minutes by police demanding to see his alien registration card. During one stint when Wu toiled as a janitor...
...Harvard faculty. He was 78. Maybury-Lewis was a leader in the field of anthropology specializing in the study of indigenous people in the Americas. His work concentrated in Brazil and was recognized in 1997 with the Grand Cross of the Order of Scientific Merit, Brazil’s highest academic award. He received his bachelor of arts degree from Oxford University in 1952, followed by his Ph.D. in anthropology four years later. He observed the cultural survival of tribal people and ethnic minorities, authoring several books on the subject. He also received the Anders Retzuis gold medal...
...little slower, it’s a little more patient.” The foilists were up to the challenge, losing no time in continuing their march to perfection. The sophomore trio of Misha Goldfeder, Arielle Pensler, and Anna Podolsky has surprised even its coach by competing at the highest level and with the highest consistency. Coming off a weekend where it beat the reigning champion Penn State foil fencers 6-3, the momentum did not fail to carry over. “I think they work together really well and they’re close to each other...
...used his awesome oil windfalls to reduce poverty, Venezuelans now suggest they want to increase capitalist investment, satanic as it may be, to solve their nagging unemployment. They appreciate his shrewd efforts to raise oil prices, but they'd also like him to lower inflation, Latin America's highest. And while they admire him for enfranchising the majority poor, they'd applaud as loudly if he did something to reduce their nightmarish crime. (Caracas on many weekends sees more than 50 murders.) Says Juan Mejia, 21, a leader of the student movement that galvanized opposition to the reforms, "Ch?...
...regional issues such as reining in North Korea's nuclear program, where many observers credit pressure from China on their North Korean allies as being critical to the effort's progress. Long-strained relations with Japan have also improved markedly; over the weekend, the two counties held their highest-level summit in Beijing since diplomatic ties were restored...