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...nodded at the video cameras mounted above the road and said we'd better speak somewhere private. It's a grim commentary on the iron grip China maintains on Tibetan areas of the country that even a yak herdsman knows to be wary of video surveillance. In a sheltered corner of the monastery's walls, Dorje enumerated the wrongs visited on ordinary Tibetans by the Chinese authorities: beatings, arbitrary arrests and lengthy jail sentences, extortion, forced attendance at public vilifications of exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. The list went on, culminating in attempts to make Tibetans celebrate...
...little terror in gym class,” O’Connor recalls. “He asked me if I wanted to come to a couple varsity wrestling practices, and maybe be the manager. Me and my best friend, we were the managers; we rolled around in the corner and tried to emulate the big guys. I loved it, and the rest is history.” By age eight, the young talent had retired as a varsity wrestling manager, and the “little terror” began dominating junior competitions throughout upstate New York. Though...
...dire as their situation has been, the brokers of the African Banking Corp. and their peers are hoping better times are just around the corner. A new power-sharing agreement between the opposition and President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF Party could see progress on restarting Zimbabwe's moribund economy. And it's rumored that Gono's job may be on the chopping block. Foreign investors are eager to dive back into the fray, sensing major opportunities in an economy that will have to be rebuilt almost from scratch. One client of African Banking Corp. is ready to multiply...
...waiting to take the shot.“We were basically running a high pick and roll,” Housman said. “Coach [Tommy Amaker] put the ball in my hands and allowed me the freedom to try and make a play. I turned the corner and Jeremy was wide open.”Despite struggling with a severe ankle injury the entire game, Lin was still out there, and when the ball came to him, he rose up and let it fly.The drama riding on this one shot was palpable. Harvard...
Representative Eric Cantor has a giant mounted photo propped like a canvas on a chair in the corner of his office in the Capitol. The image seems like an innocently iconic one - a shot of the National Mall from Congress - until a staffer explains that it's the view from the Virginia Republican's old office when the GOP controlled the House, and it's there to serve as a daily reminder of what he's working toward: regaining the majority...