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...Separation Anxiety In "What Taiwan Wants" [March 15], you described how Taiwan's independence movement became a defining issue in the presidential election. But your portrayal of the attitude of Taiwan's people toward their national and cultural identity was stereotypical at best. It was uncannily similar to the tone adopted by Taiwan's President, Chen Shui-bian, in his attempt to purge Chinese culture from Taiwan and segregate Taiwan's people from their counterparts across the strait. If the people of Taiwan truly wish to declare themselves non-Chinese, they will have to stop speaking the Chinese language...
...tone soon changed back as she recalled her final season. “But it’s sad not putting on the Harvard jersey,” she said with a sniffle. “This was a very special team this year, not just on the ice, I think more off the ice. We worked so well together throughout the season to get ourselves in this position. That’ll be one of the hardest things I think for me, not having those Harvard hockey teammates by my side...
...mood, tone and topic of discussion for each cafe vary greatly, depending on the participants. Typically, the topic is decided by group vote, and anyone can suggest an idea. At El Diablo, the mostly middle-aged crowd (ages 25 to 66), clad in earth tones and comfortable shoes, settled on a tough one: Do nation-states with greater power have a greater responsibility to act ethically? "Is any act that a nation makes in its own self-interest ever moral?" asked Matt Waller, 40, a technical writer. "I say no." "Well, what's the nature of self-interest?" retorts housepainter...
...York City Socrates Cafe, held inside the large glass atrium at Sony Plaza in midtown Manhattan, the dialogue takes on a decidedly bookish tone. The seven men and one woman huddled around a marble-topped table on a stormy night settled on a question inspired by the writer Ayn Rand. "Can you objectively infer an ethical principle?" asks Al Ostroff, 76, an artist and writer. "Kant would emphatically say yes," replies Evan Sinclair, 53, who works in marketing. "Plato would think differently," counters Larry Hui, 43, an attorney...
DIED. GENE ALLISON, 69, passionate singer of the gospel-inspired 1957 rhythm-and-blues ballad You Can Make It if You Try, which set the tone for '60s soul music and was recorded by the Rolling Stones on their '64 debut album; of kidney and liver failure; in Nashville, Tenn...