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...media and freedom of speech, police detained a group of journalists for more than an hour after the event. Amnesty International also issued a statement this week about human rights in the country, warning that the detention of dissidents, harassment of lawyers and restrictions on domestic media could tarnish the legacy of the Beijing Games. For their part, dissidents within China say they welcome the attention the Games will bring. "I like to have people from outside come," says Hu Jia, an AIDS and human rights activist. "We want the world to know the pressure we are under...
...they try to engage China without condoning the Communist Party's record of political repression and its failures to improve the lives of the country's rural poor. China watchers say the Me generation's reluctance to agitate for reform is driven in part by a reluctance to tarnish China's moment in the sun. "They are proud of what China has accomplished, and very positive about the government," says P.T. Black, who conducts extensive marketing research for a Shanghai-based company called Jigsaw International. The political passivity of China's new élite makes sense while the good times...
...best stuff, the junior pitched every inning for Harvard, allowing just four runs over 15 innings against conference champions Hofstra and Albany. Unfortunately, it wasn’t enough to win, as the Crimson lost a pair of one-run games. Yet the playoff performance couldn’t tarnish an incredibly successful season for the Crimson’s star pitcher. Besides the intense summer rehab, several other factors contributed to her success on the mound, starting with the team defense. “I think [the] defense was instrumental in the way I was able to pitch...
...strategy of terrorist intimidation has been. The CPJ, in fact, is investigating a growing number of reports about Mexican journalists who have become well-paid "publicists" for one cartel or the other--inserting material into their newspapers or broadcasts, for example, that can burnish a kingpin's image or tarnish that of a rival...
...Crimson. Not only do the groups’ allegations fail to understand the possible investment choices given the HMC, but they do not even account for the actual holdings in Harvard’s endowment. The allegations only serve to demonstrate a lack of understanding of financial instruments, unnecessarily tarnish the University’s name, and keep the HMC from doing its job. First, when the HMC reports its holdings, it only reports long stock positions. It is not required to report its short positions, meaning securities borrowed and sold. If short positions are taken into account...