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...Jingmin, vice president of the Beijing Olympic-bid committee, told reporters in April 2001. Other officials have made similar promises. Liu even expanded his to include references to greater democracy and media freedom. Some optimistic observers abroad thought the government would be so careful to show its best side to the world in the run-up to the Games that it would ease its authoritarian habits. The Olympics could then be imagined as a journey to a destination where human rights, democracy and free media were well established...
...first goal, just over 15 minutes in, came from the left side after the first penalty corner...
...university worth the name is being poisoned by a perverse pressure to conform truth to political agenda and stifle any speaker who espouses uncomfortable or invonveneint opinions. In the present case, the culprits are academics who fashion themselves as progressives eager for social justice and tolerance, but the other side of the political spectrum is no less guilty in others. This situation is alarming and dangerous. If academic freedom cannot exist in the university, our society is in trouble...
Maureen Stanton and company represent the worst of academia. The side that politicizes its classrooms and refuses to hear, or let others hear ideas that they find distasteful or uncomfortable, no matter their merit. We hope the UC realizes the gravity of its error and makes amends by inviting Summers back. We know he’s worth listening to, even if one disagrees with...
...Crimson will also rely heavily on senior right-side hitter Mimi Hanley and junior outside hitter Kathryn McKinley, who, along with Mahon, was named to the All-Tournament team at the Harvard Invitational two weekends...