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...paramilitary allies behave little better, raping, abducting and executing civilians thought to support Tamil nationalism. Both sides accuse the other, explaining any killings carried out by their side of the divide as forgivable retaliation. The violence over the winter prompted the new international effort to prevent a lurch back into all-out war. But Erik Solheim, Norway's International Development Minister and the chief mediator in the conflict, warns that the Geneva talks are unlikely to produce quick results. Sri Lanka, he says, won't be "sorted out in a few months...
That is especially true in China, where the government has put its muscle behind an all-out effort to transform homegrown science. "Ten years ago in China, it was virtually all derivative stuff," says Chu. "Students would sit and listen and try to capture every word. Now they're asking lots of questions." During a 100th-anniversary celebration for Peking University a few years ago, Chu found himself seated next to China's Minister for Education. "She was asking for my autograph," he says, shaking his head. "It was totally topsy-turvy. Can you imagine in the U.S. the Secretary...
...Gaddis, it was Dwight Eisenhower who made one of the crucial recognitions of the nuclear era, that American policy must be based on the assumption that any nuclear war would quickly escalate to an all-out exchange, annihilating both sides. Although this discouraged policy thinkers who imagined that tactical nukes could become battlefield options in small wars, it also opened the way to the world of mutually assured destruction, the lasting stalemate between two massively armed powers that only dared to thrust at each other indirectly, through proxy wars in Southeast Asia, Africa and Central America...
...group of five other undergraduates. Kwong should be commended for publicizing the progress of the Felipe’s license process and using House open lists to drum up student support. The lobbying Kwong led seems to have done the trick. We look forward to an all-out effort to secure Felipe’s a 4 a.m. license six months from now—a move that could have the potential to transform opportunities for late-night food in the Square...
...Crimson failed to mount any offensive pressure of its own during its four-penalty second period, and this trend continued into the beginning of the third. But with 10 minutes to play, Harvard suddenly came to life.The No. 5 squad in the country fore-checked with force, launching an all-out attack on the Golden Knights net. With 8:34 left in the final period, the aggressive effort paid off, as Wilson tallied her second goal of the game, deflecting junior defender Lindsay Weaver’s shot from the point for a power-play goal that brought the Crimson...