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...into the following day and then another dawn. As the daily BZ would headline: berlin is berlin again. Beijing June 19, 1989 One man against an army. The power of the people versus the power of the gun. There he stood, implausibly resolute in his thin white shirt, an unknown Chinese man facing down a lumbering column of tanks. For a moment that will be long remembered, the lone man defined the struggle of China's citizens. "Why are you here?" he shouted at the silent steel hulk. "You have done nothing but create misery. My city is in chaos...
...progressive values. But Deval L. Patrick ’78 has been able to differentiate himself from the pack in a noteworthy and decisive way. He has made Massachusetts excited about state politics for the first time in a long time. Patrick entered this race as a virtual unknown facing opponents who enjoyed recognition throughout the state. Through relentless grassroots campaigning, he has been able to earn the ardent support of many—raising a record $550,000 in August. His leadership has been inspired and inspiring, which makes us believe that he is the best equipped...
...Other” section of its homepage.Last Thursday night, with the NFL season kicking off and division races in the Major Leagues intensifying, this reality was no different.But it should have been, especially here in Cambridge.One of our own, James Blake, was competing at the highest level of this unknown but beautiful game.Blake faced off against the No. 1 tennis player in the world, the incomparable Roger Federer, at the most significant stage in American tennis with his first Grand Slam semifinal berth at stake.Maybe it was too much to expect for this epic match to crack the Nielsen...
...Still, Abe remains such an unknown quantity that others believe he may prove surprisingly pragmatic in his foreign policy. Last week he told reporters that Japan had "caused great sufferings and left scars on the peoples of many countries," and he has made clear his desire to resume high-level meetings with China and South Korea, most likely at the APEC summit in Hanoi this November. Most significantly, he has refused to say whether he'll go to Yasukuni as Prime Minister?unlike Koizumi, who made a campaign pledge to visit the shrine. For their part, the leaders in Beijing...
...Saturday, he was back in Munich, where the sun was still shining. This time, of course, the warm welcome was not for some "unknown", but for the hometown priest-made-pope. Still, with surveys showing faith on the wane on the native soil of the Holy Father, the Pope was doing his best to keep positive as he spoke with reporters just before takeoff on a jet at Rome's Ciampino airport...