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...criticism of these sorts of measures is quite weak," says Cheng Li, a scholar at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. "Domestically, the atmosphere is very nationalistic, and people support the government. Internationally, other countries need China more than ever now so they don't say anything, just send trade delegations." Cheng cites the recent visit of U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi as an example of the changes China's rising influence in the world have brought about. Once so passionate a critic of the Chinese government that she unfurled a banner in Tiananmen commemorating the victims...
...With FAS now planning to revamp its administrative and programmatic structure, the University’s decision to reconfigure its limited laboratory space has irked affected MCB researchers who feel the move suggests an underlying bias towards more lucrative research.“I think it sends a message. It’s one thing to build a big stem cell institution in Allston, where you’re launching a whole special project,” said Jim Henle, an MCB lab administrator in Fairchild, in a March interview. “It’s another thing...
...enough variety of courses to choose from in the fall, according to former Gen Ed committee member Alexander N. Chase-Levenson ’08—placing the burden on professors to develop more offerings. “We can’t have anything new unless colleagues send us forward something new,” says Gen Ed committee member Julie Buckler, who is also a Slavic literature professor. Many more professors have sent in course proposals for existing Core courses than for new Gen Ed classes, according to Buckler. But Gen Ed committee members say that they...
...mainstream parties are outflanked, they often have themselves to blame. In many countries, the European Parliament is seen as a Siberia for politicians whose day is done in the national arena - hence the decision by French President Nicolas Sarkozy to send his glamorous justice minister Rachida Dati to the assembly because of her high-handed management style and the gossip surrounding her clothes and private life. (See pictures of Sarkozy...
...decision in Coleman's favor would send the case back to lower courts to reinterpret the standard for including absentee ballots. "The trial and appeal were based on the fact that different counties counted the ballots differently," Ben Ginsberg, a lawyer for Coleman who also represented George W. Bush in the 2000 Florida recount, tells TIME. "Whether or not a voter's vote counts shouldn't depend on where they live." (See the top 10 unfortunate political one-liners...