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...midst of a U.S. war on terrorism, China has risen to global prominence, poised to become the superpower of the 21st century. The global giant is fueled by economic success, but wealth is just one piece of the puzzle, readers suggest, as the new power must tackle a world of troubles...
...onto the abyss. For 21 years, Israel's leaders have been telling the people that they were ''practically at peace.'' Why rush to negotiate some traumatizing political compromise? Now Shamir's government says Israel cannot negotiate as long as there is trouble in the territories, an argument that would suggest postponing negotiations until three or four weeks after the Last Day. An election scheduled for November may be among the most critical in Israel's history, but it is unlikely to give any candidate a mandate. ''I am afraid we are going nowhere,'' says Meron Benvenisti, head of the West...
...father a non-practicing Muslim who left him at age two, but Obama also spent at least two more years of his childhood under the auspices of Muslim teachers. Along with Obama’s Islamic middle name (Hussein), bloggers and anchors have used this trifecta of evidence to suggest that Obama may secretly be a Muslim himself. No further explanation is needed, of course, to make us understand that this is “bad.” The way these allegations have been painted, it seems that Muslims are the plague of the modern era?...
...insider, having been before his election in 1971 the very successful dean of the Law School. Rudenstine and Summers were both outsiders, although each had Harvard doctorates and had at some point taught in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. The odds would suggest that now is the time for an insider, someone who knows the place and the players, and has a chance at winning hearts and minds as the University seeks to put distance between itself and the more unpleasant aspects of its recent past...
...exception of the press, there seems not to be an overwhelming interest in the process or the persons. To some, it could appear that the president nowadays is fundamentally irrelevant to the ongoing life and work of most people at Harvard, although the passions aroused by President Summers might suggest otherwise. There are others who have suggested that the Harvard presidency, in light of the institution’s notorious decentralization and suspicion of authority together with the all-too-public defenestration of the last president, makes the office both impossible and undesirable...