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...returns to China with a colossal legacy and a new spirit. It is like a son who brings home with him not only an inheritance but also an updated modus operandi in free markets, democracy, trade expertise and entrepreneurship. Will the son's parents be humble and wise enough to take advantage of his savvy and experience? JOAO MYSZKO Pinhais, Brazil
...were convicted despite Italy's 30-year statute of limitations on murder, a decision which the prosecutor, Antonino Intelisano, said compensated for the relatively light sentences. After seeking a life term for Priebke and 24 years for Hass, Intelisano claimed not to be disappointed. "This is a very wise and balanced verdict," he said. "It meets everybody's expectations. It affirms the principle that there is no statute of limitations on murder for war crimes...
...Cairo. Yet the heart of her book is an inner quest as she tries to piece together the fragments of her life and loves by observing the natural wonders around her. She learns how stars and flowers were defined with the same Coptic words, and exchanges poems with wise, sand-hardened guides. Even when she goes fishing, she comes upon the "green unicorn fish," which uses its buckteeth to eat coral, and the "apricot-yellow" boxfish, which resembles "a lovely joke, a gift for a friend." The northern side of the Ras Benas peninsula of the Red Sea, she writes...
...exasperation, brought on by years of departmental politics and "the increasingly militant ignorance" of students. He was once a well-reviewed writer, though of only one book, and that short stories. But rather than agonize over their descent into professorial mediocrity, he and his colleagues, he decides, have "chosen, wisely perhaps, to be angry with each other rather than with ourselves." Wise enough. And when one addled prof goes off his medication and resumes cross-dressing, so is the counseling he receives: no pearls before...
...safety of Mir has long been a concern in the U.S. (TIME, May 12). Congress, which controls NASA's funding--including the $472 million the agency pays Russia for flights to Mir and for other joint projects--was already questioning whether it was wise to fly such a derelict ship. With two more Americans still set to ride aboard Mir before this cycle of joint flights ends, in May 1998, many on Capitol Hill want to pull the plug on the missions. "The incident," says Indiana Representative Tim Roemer, "should prompt further debate over how much we are willing...