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...leaders confront the need to align their political institutions with their increased economic openness, they will look around them in Asia and they will see that freedom works." Perhaps predictably, Xinhua, China's state-owned news agency, mentioned only Rice's complimentary remarks on China and did not refer to her comments on democracy and freedom. Some in China, ever suspicious of U.S. intentions, will bristle at Rice's language, and her belief that "freedom of religion and respect for human rights are part of the foundation of decent and successful societies." But for now, most observers believe the Chinese...
...university president did not refer to his controversial comments on women and science until prompted to do so by a question that came about an hour into the ninety minute-long meeting...
...beauty who has been engaged for 18 months and the senior who “forgot to mention” she had a boyfriend. Then there was the young woman who abruptly stopped returning my calls and e-mails and the one who insisted that I not refer to our trips to the movies as “going out” or “dates.” And I must not neglect the girl who said—and this is a direct quote—“I’m not ready to date...
...biblical.” Lowell House Master Diana L. Eck, a professor of comparative religion and Indian studies, ventured into her House’s courtyard last week in the dead of night to erect a solitary mini-gate she had created from scratch. My mother, meanwhile, refuses to refer to the display by any name other than “The Shower Curtains...
...extremely supportive of attempts to generate discussion on the underrepresentation of women in any field of study,” Hooven explains, choosing her words carefully. “We must explore all reasonable hypotheses, whether they refer to biological or cultural theories...