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When the Indian Ocean tsunami struck Southeast Asia last December, private citizens went into action without waiting for instruction. We organized medical teams and obtained relief supplies for victims. New Orleans was left in a mess for so long because of a lack of proper and timely leadership. Vichit Phanumphai Bangkok...
...Beijing deals harshly with those who test the rules. One site run by students at China's top school, Peking University, was "the epicenter of political sensitivity," says a former manager there. Its name, Yitahutu, meant "a big fat mess," and its 300,000 registered users often posted critiques of China's one-party system. In July 2004, someone posted an article by a Hong Kong researcher claiming that the Communist Party's approval rating was lower than 20%. Officials from the Party's Central Discipline Inspection Commission arrived at the website's office to remove the article...
...their two sons shuffling back and forth between alternate parents. Bernard advises the boys (badly) on dating and on which of the books they're studying is second rate, but he is failing Fatherhood 101. The only course he excels at is Midlife Crisis. He has made such a mess of things, it might be the stuff of a great novel...
...help her in this direction, Gordon suggests, by making her bear consequences for this mess. I agree. It would be counterproductive to indenture her for the next decade to pay the entire sum. But you can require her to pay a realistic percentage off the top of every paycheck. Make it large enough for her to feel it and for long enough to drive the lesson home. And just maybe the day will come when she will thank you for it. --By Francine Russo...
What they wouldn’t do is turn the Ivy League into anything close to the scandal-ridden, standard-lacking mess that Kuhls implies...