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...Jiang's attempts to marshal modern history to conform to his ideas result in some passages that will strike many readers as far-fetched, if not downright silly. They also prevent a simple enjoyment of the book - its pleasant pastoral passages are sooner or later interrupted by jarring expositions that wouldn't look out of place in a 19th century manual of eugenics. Here's one from the novel's main character, Chen Zhen...
...Sources: ABC News; A.P. (4); BBC Numbers Sources: Financial Times; Reuters (2); Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence; Guardian (2); USA Today...
...improperly using the tool to screen employees before they were hired, which could lead to discrimination. And identity thieves could pose as an employer to confirm that stolen Social Security numbers will pass the system. At the moment, says a DHS-commissioned study, the safeguards in place do not prevent these misuses. "It's another stitching together of the national identity infrastructure," says Jim Harper of the libertarian Cato Institute. "We have to worry about the privacy consequences for average Americans." Not just presidential candidates...
Sources: AP; USAID; Times of London; Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence; Washington Post (2); USA Today...
Reconstruction as a goal is fine, but NATO officials note that it is only possible where there is a peace to keep. As to which, consider this: the Taliban recently ordered four cell-phone companies in the country to shut down at night to prevent the U.S. military from tracking cell-phone-carrying insurgents, although the military says it doesn't actually do so. Zinni puts the situation in context. "European countries saying that, 'We contribute to NATO because we're involved in reconstruction,'" he says dismissively, "is like saying, 'I'm in charge of rearranging deck chairs...