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...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 and will need to pretend that the mainland is just a place far, far away that never played a significant role in the history of Taiwan. Wang Yinchu Singapore...
...leave the country; U.S. officials deny it. I would like to believe the U.S., but I recall Bush's statements on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, which turned out to be far from truthful. In the case of Haiti, I accept the U.S. version of events but wish I were able to do so without thinking of the boy who cried wolf. No one believes a liar, even when he is telling the truth. Andrew Thorne Dahlenburg, Germany...
...extended her career as long as she could possibly get it to extend,” Stone said, trailing into a laugh as the sixth-year senior Ruggiero and the media joined her. “And I wish we could do it longer for Cully and for Mina as well. Because to me, ultimately, that’s the saddest part of today, that these kids won’t have an opportunity to be in a Harvard sweater again...
...raise money. At a conference in Berlin of international donors, opened by German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, the government of President Hamid Karzai drummed up $8.2 billion in pledges over the next three years, with $4.4 billion for this year alone, surpassing even the government's wish list. But as Karzai admitted, the big donations don't mean the country's problems are close to being solved. With elections just six months away, says Barnett Rubin of the Center on International Cooperation at New York University, the big issue is the lack of security outside Kabul: "They certainly...
...humans aren't aquatic. Most of us, in fact, wish the world were dryer, not wetter, and flooding tops the list of human grievances against the beaver. By raising water levels, its unkempt but admirably watertight dams can flood basements, swamp sewer systems, spoil trout streams and even derail trains...