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...arrest and detention of The New York Times reporter for nearly six days illustrates the paradox of China's open-door policy. As a veteran Beijing-based correspondent, Burns knew the consequences of being caught in the restricted area in central China. Although many can soundly argue that the government's extreme response, expulsion, was done to make an example of him, a beware to future trespassers, it must not be overlooked that Burns broke...
...That sad paradox is repeated, indeed intensified, throughout the black nations of the region. Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland depend upon Pretoria for all their oil. Lesotho gets all its electricity from South Africa. Almost every export and import of the three countries travels through South Africa. As if that were not enough, Pretoria's official exports within the continent have risen by 40% this year, and promise to reach a record $800 million. Any Western blow against South Africa could amount to a killer blow against many of the so-called frontline states. Warns a South African diplomat in London...
...Political debate, which during my last visit seemed a passion and a recreation among Americans, has shrunk to brief bursts of pleasant images. And television's ascent has coincided with a measurable decline in the ability of young people to read. Democracy cannot function without an informed citizenry. The paradox of television in forwarding such a goal seems clear: barring extraordinary circumstances, it can best summon the attention of most of the nation by presenting trivialities...
...days before coeducational residency, women searching for a niche in the Harvard community had to shoulder extra burdens. One active female member of Students for a Democratic Society remembers the paradox of trying to participate in a group predicated on "participatory democracy" at a school where men and women lived apart...
...Paradox though it was, the Crimson became aplace to belong. An inexplicable addiction kept meat a place where people were cold, seriousnessstifling and hard work prevalent; Crimson editorsand executives were indeed a breed untothemselves, regenerated each year through compsand production of a daily newspaper. I began tofunction within an environment which forced me tointeract with people who were quite different frommy friends outside. Here I learned again that Iwas quiet, hardworking, and easily intimidated.For three and a half years, I worked at theCrimson. I had to look elsewhere for my identity...