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...Bush Administration hawks, who have long wanted to step up pressure on Pyongyang, now saw little reason to extend their patience. "The North Koreans have run this particular film on too many Saturday nights," says a Western diplomat. Sounds like someone's getting tired of the show. --Reported by Matthew Forney/Beijing and Donald Macintyre/Seoul
...complete enough," White House sources tell TIME that Germany has given Washington a more positive response behind the scenes. "They called us after the meeting and said it was overblown," said a senior Administration official. The U.S. also feels that, in the end, France will come on board. - By Matthew Cooper and John F. Dickerson/Washington and James Graff/Paris...
...first challenge is the Gospels themselves. All four describe complicity by at least some Jews in Christ's execution. But they differ on details, such as the community's unanimity and its influence with Pilate, Jerusalem's Roman ruler. Matthew, Mark and Luke accuse individuals and Jewish subgroups but leave room for the (likely) possibility that many rank-and-file Jews sympathized with Jesus or were indifferent. John, however, repeatedly refers to "the Jews" as a whole, implying collective guilt. Matthew provides the only report of a seemingly damning oath by the spectators at Jesus' trial: "His blood...
...political and industrial reforms, it will continue to languish in the doldrums. Change, not gimmicks and pop culture, is Japan's future. People who start their own businesses will be the leaders of tomorrow. So what's right with Japan? Keep looking because it hasn't popped up yet. Matthew Shull Tokyo...
...allow them through the door: "You just have to think that you're not saying you're the best musician in the room, just that you know how to do your job. You're not telling these musicians who've been around for years how to do theirs." Matthew Gibson, double-bass player and board member of the London Symphony Orchestra, says of Harding: "We all think he'll be one of the greats in 10 or 15 years." Harding's recordings (he's signed exclusively to Virgin Classics) have been mixed so far, but last year's issue...