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...members, China has the most sway over Sudan because of its diplomatic and financial support for the regime. This Sunday, the Boston Olympic Torch Relay and Rally sponsored by Massachusetts Dream for Darfur will help keep the focus on China. As an emerging superpower and the host of the 2008 Olympic games, China has to think about its public image. But there will be no progress so long as the United States, the U.K., and France themselves fail...
...William Faulkner’s “As I Lay Dying.” Across Massachusetts Avenue, the Coop is showcasing books from “Harry Potter” series, which has received its fair share of controversy. While the Square’s outlook may sway liberal, other parts of the country can still be somewhat skittish over certain titles. Accordingly, the American Library Association’s “Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2006” was a children’s picture book about the relationship between two male penguins titled...
...Sunday, democracy advocates regained a modicum of hope when visiting United Nations Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari was allowed to meet with Suu Kyi, whose National League for Democracy won elections in 1990 that the junta ignored. Exile websites wondered whether this meeting meant that more moderate officers were holding sway. Rumors also abounded that Than Shwe's family had fled the country. But Burma's military has ruled with an iron grip for 45 years and predicting its demise - or even nascent reform within its ranks - is a dangerous exercise. Burma's generals may be faceless, but their staying power...
...hours in conferences hashing over the pros and cons. Then we do the operations and we live with the results for the rest of our lives; they are the swords by which we live or die. So, should a two-minute TV commercial or a random website that sways the patient sway the orthopedic surgeon too? The answer is obvious - and it was embodied in my patient. Old Nick's confidence in his wine-drinking, Persian-stopping heritage told me it would be wise to have a little more confidence...
...Chanel. Not Gucci. Not even Halston. The sexiest new-old house to bask in the fashion limelight again first held sway more than 500 years ago. From 1485 to 1603, the house of Tudor ruled with iconoclastic sovereigns Henry VIII and Elizabeth I and an unshakable belief in power dressing. Forget horse bits and camellias; in the Tudors' heyday, outr looks like the ruff, the codpiece and the farthingale hoopskirt were high-fashion musts...