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...Faculty meeting approached, Summers and his staff expected to take a brutal but manageable licking from professors, according to the two sources. But at the end of what amounted to a 90-minute onslaught by the Faculty, Summers appeared more imperiled than ever...
...Internet in 2004 by arresting Web technicians and bloggers. Since 2004, authorities have rounded up at least 20 writers for posting subversive material online, handing them jail terms ranging from a few days to 14 years. Last June, following Ahmadinejad's surprise election, the government launched a fresh onslaught, this time against the websites and blogs themselves. Using keyword filters and censorship software pirated from U.S. firms, the government blocked thousands of websites containing news, political content and satire. It even blocked the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). The crude filters make it impossible to look up suggestive...
...keep up the propaganda onslaught 60 years after Japan's surrender? Many suspect China's unelected leaders hope to use anti-Japan sentiment to buttress their own legitimacy. Ever since the Tiananmen Massacre of 1989, support for the Communist Party has rested on the shaky foundation of economic growth. Nationalism, by contrast, could prove more enduring. "Reviving war memories keeps the nation united against Japan, and behind the party," says Beijing-based writer Liu Xiaobo. It's a risky strategy. Anti-Japan sentiment grew into rowdy street protests in Beijing and Shanghai in April, which the quickly government suppressed...
...talk.But Lee is wary of the film’s Oscar prospects, and his reasons are purely practical. “Oscar buzz means we have to work longer,” jokes Lee, and Gyllenhaal breaks out into laughter. The filmmakers also have to contend with a political onslaught that may arise over the simple fact that the movie dares to show a sympathetic portrayal of male lovers. Though the film comes at a time when conservative tendencies are being hammered into the nation’s collective morality, both Lee and Gyllenhaal deny the film is strategically placed...
...When the Soviet Union crumbled in 1991, most people of Belarus were taken aback by their sudden freedom, and shocked by an onslaught of corruption. In 1994, they elected Lukashenko, 51, a former state farm boss, popularly known as the Batska (which means both father and leader). The charismatic member of parliament with a bushy mustache and a talent for fiery oratory built his presidential campaign on a pledge to stamp out corruption, rein in the high-handed bureaucracy and restore ties with Russia. Many voters hoped that such an alliance would ease the burden of cleaning up after...