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...made in February. When it comes, one hopes the President will be forthright about two rather sticky points. He must prepare the nation for the possibility of an imminent terrorist attack. And he will have to be honest about what comes next, after the inevitable military victory: the likelihood that large numbers of American troops will have to remain in Iraq for years to come. There should be no illusions about the difficulty of Mesopotamian nation building. It has been attempted on this same ground many times before, by many other superpowers, and none--none--has ever succeeded. The last...
...University’s goal should be to ensure that all accepted graduate students are able to attend Harvard, regardless of their financial situations. The problem with loans, even low-interest ones, is that they leave graduate students in massive debt upon completing their studies, decreasing the likelihood that they will go on to low-paying jobs in public service. But the option of public service ought to be available to all. It should not just be a luxury for those graduates wealthy enough to make sizeable loan payments...
...present, Duan is confined in the Wuhan No. 2 Detention Center, a quiet prison surrounded by two-story walls. His trial began on Dec. 16 and is expected to end sometime in February. In all likelihood he will be convicted and swiftly executed. On Christmas Eve, Duan's mother went to the prison to bring him some clothes. She received a receipt signed by her son?the only form of contact they have been permitted. The family doesn't even know if he has a lawyer...
When I scored myself, I discovered that there's a "moderate likelihood" that I am, in fact, bipolar and a candidate for drugs to moderate mood swings. Further delving yielded more disturbing news. From a feature titled "Does This Sound Like You?" on the National Institute of Mental Health's site ("You get tired easily, yet have trouble sleeping" was one statement that I found particularly relevant), I learned that I may also suffer from generalized anxiety disorder. What don't I have? I'm probably free of social phobia. Sweating and shaking when others look my way doesn...
...Yang Kui, an editor at the Writers' Publishing House, one of Beijing's leading publishers, tells me that he has a high appreciation for literature, "but we are living in a transitional era. What does that mean? The likelihood of seeing masterpieces is narrow," he says. "We have neither the time nor the financial capacity to support unknown novelists. We have to care about pragmatic issues...