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...summit. That could "slow the erosion of [Fukuda's] support," Curtis says. "That's what he has to do if he's going to stay in office much longer." Says Phil Deans, an international-affairs expert and assistant dean at Temple University in Tokyo: "The more ordinary, normal and boring the Sino-Japanese relationship is, the better it is for everybody." When Fukuda takes on Hu at Ping-Pong, his shot selection had better be perfect...
...professor Alan M. Dershowitz, with whom he has had previously publicized disagreements concerning Israeli-Palestinian relations, and who, after being rebuffed in a late appeal to the Nakba committee for a debate, was set to speak after Chomsky at another venue. “The deceit is normal and uninteresting,” Chomsky said, referencing a chapter in Dershowitz’s book “The Case for Israel” and moving on to elements of Dershowitz’s book that he believed supported his own claims of Israeli crimes against the Palestinians. Toward...
...It’s amazing how this crowd can get behind these runners they’ve never met before,” Shearer adds. “The pro-athletes have come and gone, but they’re staying to watch you—to support average, normal people trying to run 26.2 miles. The crowds are what make Boston so special.”And nothing compares to crossing the finish line. “The crowd was huge,” Chiang says. “I was thinking, this is what it feel like...
...Rebecca Gilman’s “Boy Gets Girl” and a role that has won Kargman national recognition and success in tough auditions. “I mean, she’s just totally independent and focused and charismatic and just someone that a normal person can really empathize with.”Kargman has been a performer since her youth, and her ability to build complex characters springs from both her self-described “wild imagination” and her determined, artistic drive. She approached Harvard fresh from four years on the competitive...
...Another child born in the basement died shortly after its birth due to lack of medical care. The other three, Lisa (15), Monica (14) and Alexander (12) lived in the house, attended the local school, and appeared to be normal. Josef allegedly told his wife that their daughter had run away to join a cult and had left the babies on the doorstep of the house. He produced a letter allegedly from her, which was quoted in the Austrian press: "Don't try to find me, it would be pointless and would increase my suffering and the suffering...