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...Like many foreigners, on my first trip to China in 1999 my gut reaction to the one-child mandate was revulsion, aggravated by stories of forced sterilizations, baby girls left abandoned because parents wanted a son for their only child, or state-mandated abortions. Now, as a father-to-be, I cannot imagine a government telling me to have no more kids, or forcing my wife and me to get rid of a new, additional baby. And as I grow older, I take ever greater comfort from having a sibling - my sister...
...Kennedy ’54-’56 has served valiantly as a U.S. Senator and a leading voice of the Democratic Party. The unexpected news of his cancer diagnosis last week stunned not only those closest to him, but also constituents and colleagues across the country. The reaction has been particularly pointed here at Harvard. As one of the University’s most distinguished sons and actively engaged alumni, Senator Kennedy has touched the lives of numerous undergraduates, graduate students, faculty, and staff. His lifetime political achievements merit one of Harvard’s highest honors?...
...worst human-rights abusers. But the generals don't have to see these tiny laborers build a golden temple for their Abode of Kings. That's because the top brass is bunkered in another, faraway part of the city, an isolation that could help explain the junta's underwhelming reaction to Cyclone Nargis, which left an estimated 134,000 people dead or missing. A Naypyidaw map vividly sums up the willful seclusion of Burma's leaders: the space where the generals' lavish homes should be is completely blank...
...with sarcasm. Colbert's nightly impersonation of a pompous rightwing pundit, too, is one long wink to the audience - we're all hip to the put-on. David Letterman's Great Moments in Presidential Speeches - maybe the quintessential political satire of the Bush era - don't even need any reaction from the host; the absurdity is there...
...even if London would have liked to go further by scrapping direct payments to farmers altogether, and end price-fixing mechanisms. However, with France and Germany lining up a trenchant defense of the CAP supports, Fischer Boel's hopes for a modest health check are already provoking a furious reaction from the stubborn patient...