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...Chen, these same geopolitical forces have created a unique opportunity. A new President in the U.S. Possibly a new leader in China within two years. And some shifting in Beijing's rigid Taiwan policy: Vice Premier Qian Qichen recently stressed that Taiwan and the mainland are part of one China. All previous doctrines had hinted that Beijing should govern Taiwan. The change in tone suggests there's room to negotiate. For Taiwan and its President, these are heady times. But can the 51-year-old seize the moment and make...
Virginia, which claims second place in executions, is showing signs that it too may be rethinking its death-penalty fervor. Two weeks ago, Republican Governor James Gilmore signed a bill giving inmates access to DNA testing and marginally easing the state's rigid rules of evidence. The U.S. Supreme Court has nudged the state too, overturning three of Virginia's death sentences in the past three years. Next fall the court could make history when it uses a North Carolina case to reconsider whether executing the mentally retarded is cruel and unusual punishment...
...Phelan says she recruited famous career artists, who painted alone and often paid studio assistants to do everything from wash brushes to manage their archives. Their world bore little resemblance to either academic departments with rigid hierarchies and formal procedures or corporate environments that stress professional boundaries...
...University: Currently, the protest is hitting Harvard where it hurts most—reputation. The contrast of a $19 billion endowment with wages of $8 and $9 dollars an hour makes Harvard look heartless. And, with the issue unresolved, Harvard seems rigid and autocratic. However, an increase in wages will reverse this perception. Harvard will quickly move to a leadership role on an important economic and moral issue, and the University will show that it isn’t a large, impersonal, autocratic corporation. Instead, it will prove itself an institution that responds to democratic forces and is able...
Heller adds that the editors of the guide, realizing their first experience creating a book might hold some surprises, did not set rigid deadlines to accommodate their inexperience...