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...night were the most Harvard had surrendered to a single player this season. Several different Crimson players guarded him to no avail, largely because he was so precise from the line. Merchant, who was on Bell for much of the second half, suggested his reputation was as much a boon to him as his talent...
...Bell were the most Harvard had surrendered to a single player this season. Several different Crimson players guarded him to no avail, largely because he was so precise from the line. Merchant, who was on Bell for much of the second half, suggested his reputation was as much a boon to him as his talent...
...Indeed, prices keep sliding not simply because supply is out of whack with demand; Hong Kong has lost some of its global competitiveness. In its glory days, the city was the undisputed gateway to China, making it an attractive headquarters location for corporations, a boon to office rents. But with China's ongoing opening to the world, some of that allure has been lost to Shanghai and other Mainland cities. Analysts argue prices became so overheated during the bubble that the decline is actually healthy for the city?and the government should leave well enough alone. "Get the pain...
...there is one thing hawks and doves agree on, it is that Iraq needs democracy. No one can doubt that democracy in Iraq would be a boon to the country and to the region. It would destroy the theory that the Arab world is incompatible with democracy and would undermine the loathsome Middle Eastern governments that spread the poison of anti-Americanism to cover up their own mismanagement. As with so many attempts to bring idealism into foreign policy, the problem is in the execution...
...many signs of a trickle-down effect just yet. A drink at these establishments would cost nearly a week's salary for the hospital administrator who put me up in her dining room under the watchful gaze of stern family portraits. Kyrgyzstan's burgeoning homestay movement is a boon to both sides, bringing locals income and providing visitors with a cheap, clean bed and friendly faces. At another homestay in a more traditional rural area, where women wear head scarves and men white-felt hats, a whole evening was spent with a grandmother sighing over an outdated book entitled Kyrgyzstan...