Word: barrenly
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...doesn't necessarily amount to a Yukos-style power grab, but it still worries many Western oil executives whose companies have already invested billions in the country. How did it come to this? When Kazakhstan broke away from the Soviet Union in 1991, this sparsely populated region of mostly barren steppe about the size of Western Europe was crippled with debt. Though desperately poor, Kazakhstan did have a wealth of oil and gas deposits that local firms had neither the technology nor the money to develop. Kazakhstan turned to Western companies for help, and firms like Chevron and Mobil moved...
...been dulled: we've forgotten how to see, or we limit our journeys to well-worn paths. Still, in a land as vast as Australia, there's more reason for joy than despair. Its myth-rich Aboriginal culture offers enlightenment if we care to engage with it; the seemingly barren interior can inspire awe when we visit the thriving land away from the coast. The wonder of discovery is there in simple things and grand: in quiet lives of contemplation and, if you can picture it, the instant a cosmic fireball hits the Earth. In the uncompromising intensity of professionals...
...themselves in its bliss before the red siren signaled their exit from the foam corral. Unlike my escapades getting freaky to BBMak, Mather Lather demanded its guests to seek out and fight for their suds. Instead of enjoying Britney among a sea of foam, I danced in a bubble barren corner with friends. As Polly R. Seplowitz ’05 aptly put it, “The only difference between the foam and non-foam part was that in the foam part your shoes wouldn’t stay on because the floor was so slimy...
...Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam all lay claim to some or all of these reefs and islets. In 1988, the dispute sparked a naval battle between China and Vietnam, in which more than 70 sailors died. In subtler declarations of ownership, Vietnam last week launched a holiday cruise to the barren archipelago, and Taiwan in late March marked its territory by erecting a bird-watching shack on one of the islands. At least there's a sensible money-grubbing reason for some of this squabbling: the Spratlys sit athwart vital shipping lanes, fishing grounds and potentially vast oil and natural...
...Ames Court room in Austin Hall, an austere room with the Harvard Law School (HLS) plaque as the only decoration on the paneled back wall. The stage was set up in front of what usually serves as the judges’ seats of power. Although at first seemingly barren, it was a perfectly appropriate atmosphere for the confusion that lay in store. The occasional guitar music was soothing, although incongruous...