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...pretty amazing, once you think about it, that you can walk into practically any grocery store in the U.S., pick up some meat, fresh vegetables and milk, take it all home and not have to be worried about whether it's safe to eat. After all, the basic sanitary principles for food processing were pretty well worked out decades ago. Every now and then, however, an outbreak of food poisoning comes along to remind us that nothing is perfect...
...freedoms. There were predictions of army tanks in the streets, democratic politicians thrown into jail, and personal liberties curtailed. Nothing like that happened, of course. Apart from anything else, Beijing knew better than to arouse international concern or upset the carefully crafted agreements with London over autonomy and the Basic Law, Hong Kong's new mini-constitution...
...down on the Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China. Last week, the administration of Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa unveiled what was always going to be one of the most sensitive pieces of legislation after the handover: the implementation of Article 23 of the Basic Law, calling for a provision against subversion...
First-years can also benefit from seminars because the courses focus on new research, rather than simply teaching basic concepts, according to Daniel Fisher, Professor of Physics and Applied Physics...
...Turow (Harvard Law School ’78), a lawyer and novelist. His next book, Reversible Errors, comes out in October. His previous best-sellers include Presumed Innocent and One L, a memoir of his first year at Harvard Law School. Every language except English. Physics, including the basic stuff, despite a miracle C in college. Who will fall in love with who. And if the Cubs will ever again play in the World Series...