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...SENTENCED. CAI XIAOHONG, former secretary-general of Beijing's liaison office in Hong Kong; to 15 years in prison for passing state secrets to British intelligence; in Guangzhou, China. Cai, who was arrested last year, is the highest-ranking Chinese official to be convicted of spying for a Western government. The South China Morning Post reported that he was paid more than $700,000 by the British Secret Service for sharing classified information, including the itinerary for former President Jiang Zemin's 2001 visit to Hong Kong...
Belgium's highest court ruled last week that the Flemish nationalist, anti-immigration Vlaams Blok - which took almost a quarter of the vote in the June regional elections in Flanders - is racist. The ruling could threaten the "Flemish Block's" receipt of official electoral funds, but the party is by no means scrambling for survival. Just days before the decision, party leaders had updated their 1977 founding statutes. "Before, the party advocated the expulsion of all non-European foreigners," Vlaams Blok co-leader Gerolf Annemans told the Flemish daily De Standaard. "Now foreigners can stay on the condition that they...
...President Summers and I believe that the University has an obligation not just to conduct research at the highest level but to ensure that that research, where it can, be used to improve the lives and health of the larger community,” Hyman wrote in an e-mail. “In hiring Isaac Kohlberg, we’re seeking to expand our efforts in the area...
...masculine history than the lewd imaginations of 18-year-olds would believe. It speaks, in Chinese characters, of the leaders that Harvard has produced: “Their noble accomplishments are reflected in the worldwide reputation of our Alma Mater as a seat of learning of the highest standards, in the wealthy of valuable contributions in the wide influence its children have exerted in many lands, and in exalted position occupied by the nation in which it is situated. Our fervent hope is that in the coming centuries the sons of Harvard will continue to lead their communities and that...
Less extreme or “normal” perfectionists are individuals who can actually derive some sense of satisfaction from their work. I’d like to believe myself to be in this second category. I’m not neurotic—I simply demand the highest quality of work from myself, and I set high standards and strive to fulfill them...