Word: suspectibility
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...suspect that there is a deeper and more fundamental cultural difference between American and Chinese education. Historically in China, going to school was about acquiring knowledge. Students memorized passages from ancient authors like Confucius over and over again until students fully grasped the underlying meanings of the texts and were ready to take the Imperial Examinations—which were first instituted in 605 CE—to become a member of the Chinese bureaucracy. It wasn’t about doing community service, learning leadership skills, or building social networks. This tradition was so strong that even Mao could...
...supporters suspect he is being held by state security officers and fear that he might be so badly abused that the authorities are afraid to have him be seen in public. "We are determined not to rest until we know where Gao is and whether he's dead or alive," says Bob Fu, a U.S.-based Chinese Christian activist who helped Gao's family escape. "He's a symbol of China's conscience, of the weak and vulnerable. The whole world should hold the Chinese government accountable for his disappearance...
...adopted by Obama; he's even turning to the Dick Cheney playbook to put opponents back on their heels. On Meet the Press on Feb. 7, Brennan used the "We briefed them" gambit, saying he had informed GOP leaders immediately after the failed Dec. 25 bomb attempt that the suspect was in FBI custody. He said it was clear by implication that the suspect would be read his Miranda rights, a fact to which the Republicans now object. "None of those individuals raised any concerns with me at that point," Brennan said. (See pictures of life at Gitmo...
...What Americans don't like is when it sounds as if Obama is deferring to legislative or court-mandated rules on dealing with terrorism suspects. They dislike civilian trials for those suspects - 57% want the Christmas Day suspect tried in a military court, vs. 42% for a civilian trial, according to the CNN poll. And 55% want Guantánamo to stay open, while 32% want it closed, according to a CBS poll. A surprising 51% of people surveyed in January said it was necessary to give up some civil liberties to make the country safer from terrorism...
...declaring a joint concentration requires an approval process that is unnecessarily difficult—art history and English as a pairing should be considered as intellectually worthwhile as English alone. The College’s approval process sends the message that studying two fields is inherently more suspect than studying one. Even worse, some fields, such as economics, apparently have no way to integrate with other subject areas—or so the College would have us think...