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...know how to meet. So long as China's economy continues its giddy growth, the country's thirst for coal will continue to grow. China derives about 70% of its energy needs from coal, and production has nearly tripled in the past five years to meet soaring demand. High oil prices have added to coal's attraction. Beijing has plans to open 35 to 40 coal-powered electricity-generating plants annually in the next few years and to build two plants to convert coal to liquid fuel...
Government officials say they try to steer Iraqis to smaller towns, where housing is cheaper and their skills are in greater demand. But Iraqis resist. "It's a major problem for us," says Mattias Sjöberg, a migration officer at the Swedish Migration Board in Stockholm. "We send people to the north or down south, but in the end many Iraqis end up in Stockholm, where there is a [Muslim] community...
March 1st is a day of singular grandeur. It is a day that is pressed between the icy breaths of February and the eventual warmth of April. The air is still brisk enough to warrant a jacket but lacks the icy teeth to demand a coat and a scarf. The snow has abandoned its campaign to conquer the world and appears content to defend its strongholds away from the sidewalks and roads where the green happy grass also begins to shake off its winter layers. People seem to be more pleasant around March 1st. I think this is because somehow...
...volunteer and involved the extensive discussion of three or four thematically linked pieces. For “Night at the Busch-Reisinger,” OUR HUAM expanded the breadth of the eight-minute, one-work format of “Night at the Fogg” because of demand for more comprehensive tours of the collections...
...Asian Studies; in 2005, SASI undertook a comprehensive survey in which 126 students from a variety of concentrations and backgrounds participated. The survey showed that academic interest in South Asia, particularly from undergraduates, was on the rise, while Harvard resources were inadequate not only in fulfilling students’ demand but also in comparison to our peer institutions and other area studies programs. Fewer than 12 percent of students initially interested in pursuing a concentration in South Asian Studies actually followed through; many cited the lack of course offerings and adequate funding as barriers. Only 20 out of 47 students...