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...reviewer could say, short of an Imperius Curse, to persuade a nonfan to read it. (Book critics know much of the Dark Arts but not that much.) The Hogwarts Express is here, and you can either lie down on the tracks or get on board. If you choose the latter course, you're in for a thoroughly satisfying ride. Just when we might have expected author J.K. Rowling's considerable imaginative energies to flag--this is the fifth book of a projected seven-volume series--she has hit peak form and is gaining speed...
Illingworth’s departure follows the ouster of Lewis in March and a restructuring of the College administration that combines the oversight of academic and extracurricular matters—some say to the detriment of the latter...
...some, Beyond are the greatest Chinese rock band ever. To others, they are inglorious, latter-day sellouts. Indisputable, however, is Beyond's surprising longevity in Hong Kong's fickle music scene. In May the band celebrated their 20th anniversary with five capacity concerts at the Hong Kong Coliseum, and they've added three more shows at the same venue for this weekend. There is good reason for the hype: the concert series represents the first time the band has performed together since they took a solo-career sabbatical...
...membership. Alternatively, it could simply be an effort to buy time and ease political pressure that had been building on the island since massive anti- government protests broke out last year. Mehmet Ali Talat, head of the opposition Republican Turkish Party, which helped organize the protests, takes the latter view. "The government had run out of ideas," he says. "They had to do something." Serdar's tone may be more moderate than his father's, says Talat, but his policies amount to the same thing - keeping Cyprus divided. On the other side of the green line, Greek Cypriot leaders...
...Even if the country's physicians subscribed to the Hippocratic oath, the ancient moral dictum that guides Western medical workers, they would have to violate it. In China, doctors serve the all-powerful state, and when a professional code of conduct conflicts with the Party line, the latter often holds sway. "Of course it's an ethical problem," says a doctor who participated in Beijing's SARS cover-up. "We want to be honest, but if we don't go along, we can't exist...