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...MacFarquhar cautions that American pressure may have little effect on aging Chinese leaders who feel trapped by events beyond their control and whose sole ambition is to die while still holding the reigns of power...
...assassination, most of his mourners seemed to blame the Indian government. In answer to the question "Who killed Muhammad Farooq?" the crowd roared back, "Jagmohan!" referring to the hard-line governor appointed by New Delhi in January to stamp out the 22-month-old rebellion in India's sole state with a Muslim majority. On Friday the governor resigned, and will be replaced by Girish Saxena, Prime Minister V.P. Singh's security adviser on Kashmir...
...series of FCC hearings earlier this year, a parade of city officials and consumers charged that local cable systems (which in nearly all cases are the sole providers of cable for their areas) have been acting like arrogant monopolies. Deregulation has "created a monster on the loose," said Edward Quaglia, mayor of Herrin, Ill., where cable rates have risen 125% since 1986. Three months ago, New York became the first state to pass consumer-protection legislation aimed at penalizing cable abuses. And last week the New York City board of estimate, in a preliminary vote, refused to renew the Manhattan...
Bush claims that mandatory parental leave would unduly burden private industry. Given the small cost involved, this is a ridiculous charge. Bush's opposition more likely reflects an unwillingness to acknowledge that child-rearing is not the sole responsibility of women. Parental leave, by embracing the "daddy track" as well as the "mommy track," implies that men and women have similar obligations for child-rearing. More significantly, it implicitly endorses the notion that women should have the same opportunities as men to work outside the home--a concept still anathema to many Republican leaders...
...lecture sponsored by Harvard's Center for International Affairs, Jiri Dienstbier said recent events have provided real hope that Europe's traditionally hostile states can construct a new community, in which the military balance of power is not the sole determinant of politics...