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...event that offered the unusual (and highly improper) spectacle of a tax-exempt religious institution appearing to endorse a political party. After the lunch, a group of Asian businessmen reportedly donated $140,000 to the D.N.C. Several contributions were given in the names of monks and nuns, despite their vow of poverty. The setup was apparently designed to ensure that the foreign donors' names would not appear on D.N.C. lists. A woman named Man Ya Shih, who is connected with a branch of the temple in Texas, told reporters that she was approached at the fund raiser by a "Democratic...
...lift off my shoulders and be subsumed by the whine of the tracks. Once I arrive in the Delta Shuttle terminal, I will pick up a magazine and watch CNN Airport News until Harvard seems positively foreign. And once I land at National Airport in Washington, D.C., I will vow not to let paltry academic concerns cast a shadow over my weekend. It will take effort, but it is doable and worth doing. Harvard is not contained in books alone, and sometimes it takes a weekend away to remind you what is truly important: browsing through history and reconnecting with...
...meeting Monday afternoon, telling reporters "the United States fully understands our position." That position is awkward. As the new player at the peace table, Netanyahu is finding it difficult to carve himself a different road to peace with his neighbors. He is determined to live up to his campaign vow to give paramount priority to Israeli security, while also carrying forward his predecessor's unfinished negotiations, some terms of which Netanyahu rejects outright. While he strengthened his hand somewhat simply through the symbolism of meeting with Clinton, whose treatment of him has been somewhat chilly, rumors preceeded Netanyahu to Washington...
...wants to be President, he lit bonfires over abortion, tobacco, assault weapons, barked at American icons like Katie Couric and Dr. C. Everett Koop, and advocated reopening Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House one day after a bomb went off in Atlanta. He has stuck with a vow of silence to keep from getting in trouble, uncharacteristically refusing to answer reporters' campaign-trail questions at a time when even he admits most voters don't know a thing about him. And on Thursday he has to give the speech of his life because his campaign to this point...
...with Cuba -- is coming to a head. By late Wednesday, a coalition of 20 church, nonprofit and labor groups had called on Canadians to boycott Florida, a $1.3 billion Canadian tourist destination. Many Canadian companies, which could lose other U.S. revenue if they pressed ahead with Cuban business deals, vow to do so regardless. Although the Toronto government has not endorsed the boycott, it says that it should be taken seriously because it has significant popular support. But that resolve may not last: "The boycott will probably not have much of an impact once the harsh Canadian winter rolls around...