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...insiders who remain on the list each present some interesting problems. The Provost may suffer from too close an association with the most recent administration, although there are many who regard his as the humane face of that administration, and he is an accomplished scientist who has a reputation for getting things done without scaring the horses. The history of provostial appointments to the presidency, however, is not encouraging. The dean of Harvard Law School is much beloved in that faculty which has a reputation for insisting on its own priorities. It refused to consider a move to Allston...
...Chinese Century" convinced me that by buying products made in China I am supporting that country's political nonintervention policies in areas like Darfur and helping perpetuate a disgusting lack of regard for the value of human life and freedom. From now on, I am going to focus on buying American-made products. Janet Thurston Brighton, Michigan...
...confident are the assembled san hu that they don't regard their activity as serious business. They use wan, Chinese for "play," to describe it. If the market tanks, the san hu won't be the first to discover that investing is not a game...
...Tanzania in 1998 with the loss of more than 200 lives. In its pursuit of its own narrow - if understandable and perhaps laudable - goals, the U.S. has ignored the radicalizing effect that its actions will have on Somalis. Somalis have a long tradition of moderate, secular Islam and regard al-Qaeda's call to arms against the U.S. and its allies as more exhortations by interfering foreigners. But that could change. Iraq showed how calling someone al-Qaeda and then attacking them can become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Add in the unhappy American experience of Somalia (remember Black Hawk Down...
...that hasn't been the only recent improvement in Hizballah's fortunes. A couple of weeks ago, the Israeli chief of staff was forced to retire, which many regard as an Israeli acknowledgement that it lost last summer's 34-day war with Hizballah. Most Lebanese Shi'a apparently agree. According to a Zogby poll, 70% of Lebanese Shi'a believe the Israelis were the losers in the war. Almost 70% said they have a more positive view of Hizballah than they did before the conflict...