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...install. We understand that the installation could not be completed during the winter due to the impracticality of excavating frozen ground to connect phone lines, but the phones should have been ready to install far before late last fall. Gropers don’t wait for the ground to thaw...
Madame Butterfly may not spring to mind for most Harvard students enjoying the Cambridge thaw, but for the increasing number of students participating in student opera, Puccini’s “Tutta La Primavera” is the sweetest spring song...
...None of this is to imply that those who live in the Middle East?or Asia?want their regions to remain stagnant. A thaw has been achieved between Pakistan and India as they both get enraptured by cricket. But this is not a case of new political revolutions, but rather the rediscovery of old cultural bonds that have overcome postcolonial boundaries. Similarly, China and India are beginning to renew old ties. China's Premier Wen Jiabao has said that his forthcoming visit to New Delhi will be the most important trip of the year. As the political divide between...
...Japan's new stance won't alter the fundamentals of the nearly 60-year cross-strait standoff, and isn't likely to nix what appears to be a minor thaw between Beijing and Taipei. The recent Lunar New Year holiday saw the first nonstop commercial flights between the mainland and Taiwan, and last week Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian made a pact with James Soong, a rival politician who wants better ties with China, not to declare independence, change Taiwan's formal name from the Republic of China, or rule out eventual unification with China...
Precise expectations for this year are unclear for both sides, but they’ll be clearer after today. The battle lines will be drawn. And as soon as the waters thaw, the war of the Charles will...