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...unfortunate," but said she wasn't too displeased about the international news coverage?because it emphasized that Taiwan was not united behind Lien's visit. "He is cooperating with the Communists to downgrade the President's legitimacy and power," she said. And Lien is not the only controversial pilgrim: next week, Hu will welcome to Beijing James Soong, a former KMT bigwig who broke away in 1999 and nowadays is head of the People First Party, the island's third largest...
...achieved prominence last year by another route. She was arrested on charges of running a 20-girl, $1 million-a-year prostitution ring from a brownstone on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Dubbed the Mayflower Madam by the press, Barrows had been as thrifty and practical as her Pilgrim forebears could have wished, claiming 60% of each call girl's earnings. Last week, after plea bargaining, the trim blond pleaded guilty to promoting prostitution. The surprisingly solicitous arrangement allowed her to keep more than $150,000 in profits from her escort agencies and fined her only $5,000 (she could...
...Pope could so conclusively spurn so many willing to help. The Vatican claimed the decision was infallible--an apparent extension of that status beyond its historical boundaries that startled even some of the Pontiff's ardent supporters. That stern patriarch was the Pope, just as much as the genial pilgrim on the plane...
Thursday, March 24. Pilgrim Theater Company presents N by Laura Harrington. 8 p.m. Adams House Pool Theater. Free, limit of 8 tickets per person. Tickets available through Harvard Box Office...
Children in the upper half of the normal weight range are at an increased risk for becoming overweight, obese, and hypertensive later on in life, according to a study published this month by researchers at Harvard Medical School (HMS), Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Department of Ambulatory Care, and Prevention and Children’s Hospital Boston...