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Controversies over guest speakers on American campuses are nothing new, but rarely does one become an international incident. From the moment last year that Cornell University asked a distinguished graduate to address an alumni gathering, policymakers for the U.S. and China knew they had a first-class hot potato on their hands. The invitee was Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui, whose government is unrecognized by most of the world thanks to China's strenuous efforts to keep it isolated. Could Lee visit a onetime ally that cut off relations 16 years ago? The issue seemed strictly academic as long...
House Republicans are contemplating a stunning$305 billion cut in projected Medicare spendingto help balance the budget, but that hasn't stopped Speaker Newt Gingrich from rolling the hot potato down Pennsyvlania Avenue. Today, he challenged the Clinton administration, which has accused the GOP of cutting Medicare togive tax breaks to the rich, to come up with its own proposal to reform the ailing Medicare system by May 15. "Our goal will be, by September, to bring in a bill that will save the Medicare system for a generation," Gingrich told a group of seniors. He added: "We are going...
Landin says Cambridge, especially Harvard Square, is not so quick to judge. "People in Cambridge realize that street performance is an invaluable community-building tool." Landin proves his theory on a daily basis: Armed with an acoustic guitar, a repertoire of nearly fivehundred songs and his dog Potato, Flatheadperforms regularly in front of Store 24 to thedelight of his adoring fans. The feeling seems tobe mutual. Landin says, "The audience itself isrewarding. That's what's kept me on thestreet...With street performance, you get to sortof catch people by surprise." Unlike regular musicevents such as symphonies, where the relationshipbetween...
...people more to pack potato chips than to care for children," said Abby J. Cohen, a managing attorney for the Child Care Law Center. "Despite the mouthings about children, the focus in on work enabling and not on kids...
...they serve Chocolate Orgasms from Rosie's, and a huge hollowed loaf of sourdough filled with warm Split-Pea Soup. With big chunks of carrot and potato. Plus the tea comes in melior pots. And the spoons are all crooked. This place is the coolest thing since e-mail...