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...Even Japanese and Korean steel, basic-materials and capital-equipment manufacturers-the companies you'd expect to be most despondent about reduced demand from the mainland-are philosophical. China's big appetite resulted in supply shortages and inventory disruptions. A respite from the insatiable dragon will give them an opportunity to reload. Says a spokeswoman for POSCO, Korea's largest steel company, "These constraints will have a short-term negative influence, but long-term, this is actually progress." Likewise, Japan's and Korea's giant electronics conglomerates are sanguine. Toshiba, for example, sold $1.3 billion worth of goods in China...
...falling victim to the moral proselytizing of social conservatives, it is important that these vows to carry on the struggle resonate as strongly with advocates of gay marriage as they do with opponents. While today is a day to rejoice, it is also a time to remind ourselves that basic liberties are gained and preserved only at the price of eternal vigilance...
...course, are the lucky ones. If we hailed from little towns at all—and few of us did—we got out without having to enlist. We took Expos instead of basic training. And now, while the names of the dead fill newspaper columns, our biggest concerns are writing papers and studying for tests and finding a pair of shoes that will match the dress we want to wear to the House formal...
Bloom alleged that the set of post-Sept. 11 restrictions undermines the basic pedagogical goals of a research university...
...Whenever possible, we should draw distinct boundaries,” he said. “Basic research should be open, and [applied] research should be either classified or unclassified...