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...They didn't undermine the festival but the protesting foreigners did show how thorough the domestic crackdown on Falun Gong has been. Most Chinese practitioners are in jail, and those still free are underground or closely watched. If they protest, their relatives or bosses are punished. "Holding local officials responsible for practitioners in their areas was a stroke of genius," says a Western diplomat who tracks religious issues. As a result, native Chinese haven't protested in Tiananmen Square in large numbers since January last year, when five people set themselves on fire...
Gibson, who called the survey “a very thorough study,” said the report’s lateness does not indicate any problems that have developed, but rather its large scope of inquiry...
Anarchy, State, and Utopia was widely influential in the fields of philosophy and political science, as well as having a broad popular appeal. The book, praised for both its thorough argumentation and its accessible writing style, won Nozick a National Book Award...
...long run, a thorough reckoning is a healthy thing. Investor scrutiny of things once taken for granted - and an increased awareness of risk - is part and parcel of the aftermath of a burst bubble, and the lessons taught by Enron, if they're learned, make for a more rational investing climate and a better-built expansion, when it does come. Likewise, the political scrutiny now being visited upon Enron and Andersen, if it results in any good legislation, can eventually help bring leery small investors back into the equities fold...
Born in Boston on March 19, 1936, Segal was raised in Dorchester and attended the Boston Latin School, where he received a thorough, traditional education in the Greek and Latin classics. In his day, many students from Boston Latin came to Harvard with anextensive classical background, although, like many of them, Segal wasn’t decided on the classics as his field of study. But his college years developed Segal’s interest in ancient literature...