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...audacious to hope that the recent earthquake - and the Olympic Games - might convince the Chinese to abandon their ancient, inefficient writing system - the real Great Wall of China - and adapt the Roman alphabet? Alex Farkas, SUNNYVALE, CALIF...
...make of Rainwater's decision? Is it a sign that the near doubling of oil prices over the past eight months is about to reverse itself? Does it mean we can all breathe big sighs of relief and go back to gassing up our Hummers with abandon...
...think Harvard University should be the last place on earth where we abandon the thought where some topics taught are studied for their own sake,” said Chemistry and Physics professor Eric J. Heller. “We are not a vocational school...
...community by imperiously canceling the UC Party Fund, which had until that point supplied $1,750 per weekend for parties open to all students. While the UC had been working with the College to resolve concerns that funds were going to sponsor underage drinking, the administration soon decided to abandon negotiation and abolished the fund in a letter posted on the internet. The decision was not only disrespectful of student input, but also deeply flawed. While the cancellation of the Party Fund was intended to stop underage drinking, it will likely merely push the locus of the campus party scene...
...kitchen appliance shops and cinemas are popping up to cater to the needs of a growing white-collar population. North of the river, Belgrade is doing its best to shore up the Serb community, doubling the salaries of civil servants who agree to stay on. "Belgrade will never abandon you!" Serb politicians told crowds during a recent election campaign, but many locals who can afford to have reportedly bought property outside of Kosovo. Northern Mitrovica is taking on the look of an unloved relic: crumbling socialist-era apartment blocks are festooned with laundry; rickety sidewalk kiosks display Yugoslav-era money...