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...TIME: You mentioned 1989, the year of the Tiananmen crackdown. You've said that came as an incredible shock to you. Do you think Deng Xiaoping did the right thing? LEE: I cannot judge what he did, because I did not have his information. If, in fact, there was a danger of similar outbursts in other cities, then I think he had to move. But I said later to [then Premier] Li Peng, "When I had trouble with my sit-in communist students, squatting in school premises and keeping their teachers captive, I cordoned off the whole area around...
...said, "Stop it." One young man telling one old grizzly, guerrilla fighter: "Stop it." He said, "Give me time." Eighteen months later he stopped it. That man faced reality. I'm convinced that his visit to Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, that journey, in November '78, was a shock to him. He expected three third-world cities; he saw three second-world cities, better than Shanghai or Beijing. As his aircraft door closed, I turned around to my colleagues, I said, [his aides] are getting a shellacking. They gave him the wrong brief. Within weeks, the People's Daily switched...
...behind Lee's computer is covered with untidy piles of books. Lee says that his current favorite isn't one of the stacked tomes on terrorism or economics but the sprawling 17th-century Spanish novel Don Quixote. "A new translation," he enthuses. "Very good." It's something of a shock that the man best known for his cold-eyed pragmatism is reveling in a book whose hero spent his time tilting at windmills and gave his name to an English adjective meaning impractical and idealistic...
...weaponmakers like Raytheon and in tobacco businesses like Altria (formerly Philip Morris). Says Kinnel: "Read your prospectus' fine print." It's also a good idea to think of SRIs as long-term investments. Why? Since they're typically underrepresented in oil and other stocks that are subject to price shock, they may under- or overperform depending on the season. And as with all other investments, keep an eye on fees. Know what you're getting into, and you might just do your portfolio and the world some good...
...Theater. $8 general admission, $5 students. “Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief,” an Athena Theater Company production written by playwright and recent Harvard visitor Paula Vogel (see story, page B2), is about much more than just a handkerchief. The play is set to shock and intrigue audiences during its upcoming run at the Adams Pool Theater. According to Director Rebecca J. Levy ’06, “Desdemona” is a comedic rewrite of Shakespeare’s famed tragedy “Othello.” Told from a purely...