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...puts more emphasis on substance in foreign policy rather than on symbols," says Chu Shulong, director of the Institute of Strategic Studies at Beijing's Tsinghua University, who advises the Chinese leadership on foreign affairs. "[Former President] Jiang Zemin tended to focus more on symbolic victories." Indeed, on a slew of issues ranging from Taiwan to Iraq, China is engaging in constructive policies that finally place the nation within a global context?not outside of it. "Up until a few years ago, China was unsatisfied with the international system and challenged it," says a senior research fellow at the National...
Johnson emerged as the starting goalie after a slew of injuries hampered all three of Harvard’s netminders, but he has since proven how much he belongs in the goal with his recent play...
...dust lately. Their favorable tax treatment makes them a compelling story for at least the next few years and possibly much longer. But before jumping in, you'll want to take a good look at what you're buying. Dividend strategies vary for different investors, and a slew of new dividend-oriented mutual funds are confusing what should be a fairly simple theme...
Larson's biggest fear was jumping the shark--in his case, literally. The thing that horrified him most when putting the collection together wasn't the amateurishness of the early panels or the subpar eyeballs, but the slew of shark-frenzy jokes, which were a little too close to one another. That fear of becoming a hack, in the end, is what made him determined never to draw again. The one exception might be a possible cover for the upcoming New Yorker cartoon issue, which his publisher has bullied him into. It's a better fit for him than family...
...helped to found the Trade Union Program, known today as the Labor and Work Life Program, the Ph.D. program in business economics, the Joint Center for Housing Studies, the Program in Business and Government and a slew of other initiatives...