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...Japan annexed mainland Korea, making it a Japanese colony for the next 35 years. In the aftermath of Japan's defeat in World War II, the Treaty of San Francisco did not mention the islands in the list of surrendered Japanese territories-a fact that the Japanese use to bolster claims that the islands are still theirs. But in 1952, Seoul declared that the islets were within Korea's borders and ordered the arrest of any Japanese boat that crossed the so-called "peace line." South Korea built a lighthouse and a helipad on the islands, and stationed coast guards...
...review dossiers.The meeting is a “filter” for tenure cases, says Dean for the Physical Sciences and the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences Venkatesh “Venky” Narayanamurti. The group either forwards a case to Summers or asks the department to bolster it before it is considered at the next level.When a case arrives on Summers’ desk, an ad hoc committee convenes to consider the tenure recommendation.From 8:30 a.m. to about noon, the ad hoc committee meets in the Perkins Room, first listening to testimony from department chairs...
...time police and troop reinforcements arrived from Australia to bolster the Regional Assistance Mission that has been providing security in the Solomons since 2003, most of Honiara's shopping hub had been razed, nine police cars burned and 32 Australian officers injured. Hundreds of ethnic Chinese, the mainstay of the limping economy, fled the country...
...Kurdistan's fragile peace could end quickly if Baghdad's government tries to curb the Kurds' growing economic clout and political autonomy. Most Kurds don't seem to want any part of a greater Iraq - especially while ethnic violence continues in Baghdad. Large oil finds in the territory "would bolster the sense on the street that the Kurds can survive on their own," says the Western consultant who did not want to be named. Tawke's residents are focused on more basic problems these days. Over the mutton, Normann asks Omar, the chief, and the rig's star worker, Khadir...
Never adopt an analyst's opinion as your own without doing some homework. Even professional money managers with access to the best minds on Wall Street do their own digging. "They look at research to either bolster their confidence or push them to ask more questions," says Michael Mayhew, CEO of Integrity Research Associates of Darien, Conn., which vets research for institutions...