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...also is likely to backfire on activists, says Richard Bush, a China expert at the Brookings Institution, perhaps reaping retribution against local activists, ethnic minorities and relations with the U.S. Hosting the games is the source of "immense popular pride," he says, "a mark that the Chinese have arrived" after 150 years of humiliation. Beijing blames the U.S. for denying it the honor in 2000. "That we might be trying to do it again confirms the worst belief about the United States, that we are trying to hold them down," says Bush. "To the extent we're looking around...
...Woods, Phil Mickelson and the rest of the PGA players chasing the U.S. Open title. "I can't think of a hole where you go, 'Whew, I'm glad I'm on this one,'" says Brad Faxon, a 25-year tour veteran. "No golf club in America takes more pride in the difficulty of its course." Or, as an Oakmont member puts it, "We love to beat the liver out of people...
...second notable improvement is the new student-focused attitude in Harvard’s administration and teaching faculty. When I graduated in 1982, part of my pride in that accomplishment was simply that I had survived. At times it seemed Harvard almost prided itself on its indifference to the social and academic challenges of undergraduates. Upon my return, I was astonished to find the Cambridge Queen’s Head Pub being built in the basement of Memorial Hall, and I was even more amused to hear that the administration had hired a social director to get students...
Returning to Harvard after a 20-year hiatus has renewed my pride in the University, but more than that, it has made me feel even more honored to count myself among that exceptional and innovative group that calls itself Harvard graduates...
...exercise their respective global roles. More than six years into Bush's Presidency and two years into Benedict's papacy, it is clear that neither is cut from the traditional cloth of international diplomacy. Beyond what are indeed very different styles and backgrounds and job descriptions are leaders who pride themselves as straight talkers who act according to what they see as simple truths. Indeed, the head of the Roman Catholic Church and the born-again Protestant President acknowledge that their public deeds - and diplomacy, itself - are driven by a very palpable and personal religious faith...