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...anyone else who has worked with him detected the slightest whiff of anti-Semitism in Larry's conduct in Israel or in the states. He is, in fact, admired and loved by Israelis from Teddy Kollek to the late Yigael Yadin, who helped Professor Stager obtain the permit to excavate at Ashkelon. Martin Peretz's implied comparison of Larry Stager with President Lowell and his hostility to Jewish students would have been worthy of the late well-known senator from Wisconsin. Marty's creativity is justly known and admired, but never has his imagination soared to greater heights than...
Wallace's bodyguards, despite being armed, would not permit him to walk through the crowd because they were fearful that violence would erupt...
...departments to one another. Thanks to the large windows on the landings, it offers dramatic perspectives of the grand outdoor Pyramid and the majestic facades of the other wings. Wherever possible, in fact, Pei has sought to provide windows that open the museum on to the city outside and permit visitors to orient themselves. Perhaps Pei's greatest concession to visitor comfort was to include five rest rooms in the new wing, compared with two in all of the old museum. Pei's lighting system, which prevails throughout the upper-floor painting departments, is an inventive mix of natural...
...Administration won't renew MFN next June unless there is "significant overall progress" with respect to human rights in China. In practice, Christopher told TIME, "I'll look at the trend . . . We don't expect them to remedy all the wrongs . . . Little things like prison visits, whether they permit the Red Cross to go in" to inspect jail conditions could help a great deal. Within 48 hours of Christopher's comment, the Chinese did just that. But then in a letter to Clinton last week, 270 members of the U.S. House of Representatives demanded more -- and Christopher, whose minions...
Though the formerly totalitarian government is now simply authoritarian, the leaders make no pretense of easing the hard hand of the police state to permit any political diversity or plurality, let alone real democracy. Dissidents are still arrested and thrown into prison. Even so, the high-energy drive for economic diversity and the freedom that offers to talented people have helped open the society -- so long as individuals do not challenge the state. "There is more openness in China now," says a senior Western diplomat in Beijing, "than at any time in the past, and far more than under Gorbachev...