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This tug-of-war between generations over stuff and space is being played out by countless families across the country. Some believe it's merely a nuisance or a practical storage problem, but usually far more is at stake. Whether perceived as old junk or saved treasure, remnants of childhood carry a symbolic freight that transmutes over time as the "children" move into different phases of their lives...
...many flowers blooming once Beijing was admitted to the World Trade Organization, it?s still a communist country. And that?s why trade deals painstakingly negotiated over years with the West will always take second place for Beijing when the political stability of their authoritarian system is at stake. President Clinton Wednesday signed legislation granting China permanent normal trading partner status, but had to send Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky off to Beijing the same day to warn the Chinese against reneging on agreements to open their economy to outside competition. Beijing has been accused of dragging its feet on implementing...
...restless are unsettled, always looking around the corner, thinking too much. And that crosses the divide between men and women. I?ve met many women who are unmarried, 40s, adopting. I also have a friend who?s been married for a long, long time. He says, "I have no stake in being married for a long time. If it?s not working, I will leave. But it?s working." That?s a fantastic thing to hear...
Sole possession atop the Ivy League, as well as some long-awaited revenge will be at stake at 1 p.m. tomorrow when the Harvard football team takes the field against preseason co-favorite Cornell in its biggest game of the season to date...
...even more is at stake than access to a song. The most promising 21st century technologies--genetic engineering, nanotechnology and robotics--are information technologies. They have the power to create wealth, but these bits of digital information can also be dangerous. If we can't muster the collective will to protect the rights of artists to their books and music, how will we ever control access to the dangerous knowledge provided by these powerful new technologies? Taking both individual and collective responsibility for the consequences of peer-to-peer sharing of digital material is essential preparation for what...