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...broader level, though, the Olympic apathy in Yunnan points to a more troubling trend of rising regionalism at the expense of central-government authority. The Chinese know their history well: Beset by warlords, the Middle Kingdom suffered a multitude of fractious eras, including a brutal multi-century stretch known as the Warring States Period...
...Flier's] outlook and experience will position him well to build on the remarkable strengths of our Medical School, to strengthen cooperative efforts within the broader Harvard medical community, to pursue important new opportunities for fruitful connections with other parts of the University, and to speak more broadly to medical and health issues of national and international concern," Faust said in a statement...
...NASDAQ back then. The companies offering their shares to the public in China are not small, technology oriented start ups. They are, for the most part, big state owned companies - oil and gas, mining, banks - most of which have already gone public in Hong Kong, seeking to tap the broader international capital markets. China's two main equity markets - for so called "A-shares" - remain sequestered from the outside world, available only to Chinese investors paying in Renminbi...
...addition of curricula designed to promote “active-learning” and the introduction of electives. Among other things, the King has used the two extra hours to add “Literacy Collaborative,” a program that infuses reading and writing into the broader curriculum, as well as 60 to 90 minutes of “hands-on math” and 30 minutes of daily Mandarin instruction from junior kindergarten onward...
...details of a case. "Mazuz has the lowest cell-phone bills in the Justice Ministry," jokes one aide. "He hardly makes any calls - and seldom takes them, no matter who it is." But critics say this attention to the grains of fact may have blinded him to the broader implications of the Katsav case, and the risk of a public backlash. His supporters disagree. Says Shlomo Cohen, head of the Israeli Bar Association, "Mazuz is honest, professional and courageous." Still, says Cohen, "I was disappointed that he agreed to a suspended sentence for Katsav...