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...interested in organic chemistry, American history or Chinese. This endeavor should not monetarily benefit Harvard; keeping this service free commits Harvard to the principle of intellectual discussion for the sake of knowledge rather than the often-almighty dollar. Finally, by helping millions everywhere, Harvard would send a signal to the world that it is fully committed to the free exchange of ideas...
...crew members. (There no longer appears to be much point in adding "without further tampering," now that satellite images reportedly show Chinese officials all over it, tinkering with wrenches and the like.) Bush hasn't set any deadlines, although he and his administration are trying to signal to Beijing that U.S. patience is running out and that further delay may seriously damage U.S.-China relations. "We have allowed the Chinese government to do the right thing," he said. "But now it is time for our servicemen and women to return home and it is time for the Chinese government...
...wants to avoid escalating the standoff over the plane. President Bush used polite diplomatic language Monday despite his obvious frustration with China's slow response to U.S. requests, and the Navy ordered three of its destroyers to leave the region of Sunday's air crash, thus avoiding sending a signal that Beijing might interpret as hostile intent. Beijing's intentions are more difficult to gauge, given the fact that the Chinese leadership is far from monolithic. A fierce power struggle has raged for years between reformist modernizers and more hard-line hawks who fear that modernization is bringing dangerous social...
...earth's climate does change. Ice ages have frosted the planet for tens of thousands of years at a stretch, and periods of warmth have pushed the tropics well into what is now the temperate zone. But given the normal year-to-year variations, the only reliable signal that such changes may be in the works is a long-term shift in worldwide temperature...
...patrols around its airspace and in its detention of the downed surveillance plane, China - or at least some hawkish elements in the Chinese leadership - appear set on playing hard ball. Although China's announcement Monday that it would grant the U.S. access to the detained personnel appeared to signal that there are limits as to how far Beijing wants to push President Bush into a crisis, the fact that Chinese sources reported that the plane had been boarded in defiance of the U.S. insistence that it is sovereign territory suggests a more provocative stance...