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...interdependent world. Citing the present financial crisis and violence in Georgia as examples of the interconnectedness of today’s world, he referred to challenges that had “no respect for national frontiers.” Barroso pointed to the increasing utility of “soft power,” which he defined almost exclusively in diplomatic and cultural terms, in dealing with international crises. Students and scholars in attendance said they shared Barroso’s enthusiasm for a global solution. “You can’t just focus on the nation...
...Last fall China launched the unmanned Chang'e lunar probe. The next steps for the lunar program are a soft landing with a moon rover slated for 2012 and launching another rover and returning with samples in 2017. While there have been declarations by some space officials of when China could put a man on the moon - Ouyang Ziyuan, the chief scientist of China's Chang'e lunar probe, once said 2017; the deputy head of the Shenzhou program said 2020 - there is no official timetable. The U.S., the only nation to land astronauts on the moon, says it hopes...
...soft glow of lights illuminates Harvard Stadium like a dream. Noise swells as the Crimson offense takes the field. Armanti Edwards steps under center; his breath, cloudy and heavy in the cold, is like the exhaust of a racecar. He surveys the field and barks an audible before taking the snap. Dropping back, he bounces slightly on his toes, poised, balanced, alert. Then, like tires hitting the pavement, he takes off downfield. He zigs toward the sideline, zags back to the middle of the field, dances past the secondary, and cartwheels into the end zone. The band trumpets his glory...
...been the subject of withering public scorn in China and has drawn pointed private criticism from the highest levels of the Communist Party, banking sources in Beijing and Hong Kong have said. The message: Never again. All of which makes CIC's critics in China wonder why Gao, a soft-spoken graduate of Duke University's law school (class of '86), bothered to get on the plane...
...Midnight With fake grass covering the walls, funky lanterns, and a frozen yogurt with probiotic bacteria that helps prevent yeast infections, this is no average ice cream shoppe. In addition to its extra creamy ice cream made in nearby Jamaica Plain, the chain J.P. Licks offers hard and soft frozen yogurt, homemade baked goods, and house-roasted organic, fair trade coffee served from 6 a.m. onwards. Ice cream flavors range from the classics to seasonal choices like apple crisp to the highly recommended Oreo cake batter. Of course, there will always be critics. “The ice cream...