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...biggest of Beijing's 30 or so petition offices. This petitioners' village, with its desperate residents pushing plastic bags filled with documents at any interested passersby, is an embarrassment for the central government. So, each year, as the NPC plans its annual meeting in the capital to discuss major legislative and social issues, the police raze the petitioners' shantytown?only to see it sprout anew like some stubborn weed. This year, the demolition began in late January in preparation for the March 5 commencement of the NPC. Li barely escaped the security officials who hustled petitioners into vans to send...
Greene may also be the only person on earth who can discuss supersymmetry and the Moulin Rouge soundtrack in the same conversation. In his occasional visits outside the realm of physics, he revels in music and theatre. If he weren’t a physicist, he says his dream would be to perform music, though he’s not convinced he’s very good at it. Such a predisposition towards the performing arts may have taken root because of the influence of Greene’s composer father. While at Oxford, Greene participated in improvisational theater...
Confronting the impact of eating disorders on obesity research, public policy and societal attitudes toward fatness, Critser dismisses research claiming that parents fear that their children will acquire body image issues if they discuss weight problems. He quotes Judith Stern, a professor of nutrition at the University of California at Davis, who argues that “the number of kids with eating disorders is positively dwarfed by the numbers with obesity...
...shuttle has canvassed Cambridge twice over. As he drops me off, Moran is still chatting me up. What could have been a boring ride was a lively one thanks to him. Even until the last minute, we discuss labor relations at Harvard as they relate to the shuttle service. “You can’t outsource what I do,” he says. “You wouldn’t be able to get the same service...
Room 13 places great emphasis on both honesty and confidentiality. It was founded during the Vietnam War as a place where students who feared the establishment could come and discuss various issues. Back then, it was in a room actually numbered 13. “We will never acknowledge that a person has used Room 13 on campus unless that person brings it up,” Stephanopoulos says...