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...boycott would backfire miserably. Besides hurting athletes who have spent years prepping for the Olympics, a boycott will cost activists whatever ongoing leverage they have over China. Once a boycott is declared, activists almost surely would lose any interaction with Chinese officials, who would simply write them off. Through their pressure, Darfur advocates have in fact won private meetings with influential Chinese officials. In the past year China's stance on Sudan has undergone a major shift. From ignoring complaints about its Sudan links, China has appointed its own special envoy for Darfur and has sent aid to the peacekeeping...
...devoted his life to documenting wars and tragedy and famine everywhere from El Salvador to the West Bank to the Sudan, had always told us that if he ever had the chance to photograph the Dalai Lama, he would drop everything and do it. He got the chance and spent five days in March with the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala. He was permitted into His Holiness's private residence to photograph the Dalai Lama praying and reading from Buddhist texts. In his quiet intensity, his down-to-earth centeredness and his relentless focus, he resembles the unique man he photographed...
...meet the enriched demand, Sunseeker is spending nearly $30 million this year expanding its boatyards in Poole and nearby Portland. Ferretti spent some $74 million last year upgrading its operations to handle increased production, while Azimut-Benetti, another Italian manufacturer, is spending $323 million over the next two years on its facilities. So go ahead, pick your metaphor--clear sailing, running with the tide, full speed ahead--the yachtmakers have it going for them...
...psychology in grad school. But many remember Vicki Van Meter as the brave sixth-grader beaming from the cockpit of her single-engine Cessna 172--the kid who in 1993 became the youngest girl to fly across the U.S. and, later, across the Atlantic to Scotland. Van Meter, who spent two years in Moldova in the Peace Corps, suffered from depression and died of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound...
...type of captain that, as we’re heading into Cornell to open Ivies, she’s going to go in there and be a bulldog and fight.” It is not all about spirit and tenacity, though. Ability matters, too. To stay fresh, Madick spent time in the off-season working with Allard—a former college pitcher at Michigan—to develop a deeper arsenal.“She lived a lot on her curve last year and teams are going to be looking for that,” Allard says...