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...freedoms and economic growth in the 1980s, punctuated by periodic countercampaigns launched by neo-Maoists in the leadership. One could literally feel and see Chinese society come alive after its long Maoist trauma, only to have people quickly recoil when the conservatives in the leadership reasserted themselves. This seesaw pattern persisted throughout the decade, culminating in the dramatic Tiananmen demonstrations and their suppression in June...
Across the country, the pattern is much the same. This year's novel flu virus is hitting much sooner than normal, long before cold weather forces people inside, where viruses like to fester, and weeks before the official start of flu season on Oct. 4. The virus has been gobbling geographic terrain in recent weeks, with 26 states reporting widespread flu illness on Sept. 19, up from 21 states a week earlier and just four states at the beginning of August. (Read "What You Need to Know About the H1N1 Vaccine...
...Until then, it is reasonable to expect that Obama will remain in "a holding pattern," as one Western diplomat in Kabul put it, postponing the decision whether to send reinforcements or overhaul his political and military strategy in Afghanistan...
...further confuse matters, influenza is inconsistent. It may lay siege to one town and leave the next untouched. That too perplexes the brain. We wonder why one school system shuts down and another stays open. We can't identify a pattern that makes sense...
They say there is no such thing as perfect—yet the Harvard men’s soccer team would beg to differ. The sixth-ranked Crimson has kicked off its 2009 season with a spotless 5-0-0 record and is looking to continue the pattern in this week’s two matches. Harvard is taking on New Hampshire (2-3-1) at 4 p.m. this afternoon in the second of four straight road games. Saturday will be a battle between top ten teams as the Crimson challenge No. 3 Wake Forest (3-1-1) in Winston...