A World Perspective

A World Perspective
Although I agree with Maya Angelou about the inappropriate paraphrasing of the "drum major" quotation, this quotation makes sense to me.

Friday, August 19, 2011

Related to yesterday's post...this just in...

Apparently U.S. Vice President Biden and Ambassador Locke have a less-than-desirable opportunity to wield their diplomatic skills: a friendship basketball game between Georgetown University and a Chinese team in Beijing resulted in a melee. See http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2011/08/18/world/asia/AP-AS-China-US-Basketball-Brawl.html?_r=1 .

Sally Jenkins sketches the broader political and cultural backdrop of the game at http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/georgetown-basketball-brawls-spark-isnt-clear-but-situation-was-obviously-flammable/2011/08/18/gIQAOkpVOJ_story.html?hpid=z2 . As well, she writes that Hoyas Coach John Thompson showed some diplomatic skill.




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