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...Chongqing. Built on the hilly banks of the Yangtze River, this ancient trading center was the effective capital of China during World War II and today is one of the world's largest municipalities, with a population of 31 million. The brightly lit buildings along the Chongqing riverfront display a cosmopolitan sophistication. But that impression quickly fades as you leave the city for the corrugated hills outside. "In Chongqing, the transportation system and so on are quite developed," says Shen Xiaozhong, deputy director of the city's office of the National Reform and Development Commission...
...first two seasons with the Crimson, Douglas could not consistently stay healthy. He appeared in just 29 games and logged only 37 at-bats, unable to remain on the field long enough to have a chance to display his skills...
...Akpan said. “[The game] was passionate and hard-fought, and something about the atmosphere really made us take off.”In the end, the much-anticipated matchup was not even close, as Harvard destroyed its fierce rivals, 4-1, in Providence.The win put on display the main strength of the team: an extremely potent counterattack. All season long, the Crimson used its pace to move the ball quickly up the field, utilizing the creativity of senior midfielder John Stamatis, who finished the season with a team-high nine assists, and the attacking prowess of Fucito...
...rich nations to see things differently will require diplomatic skills that often eluded his uncle, a dour and sometimes acerbic figure who clashed publicly with the U.S. over the Balkan wars, the genocide in Rwanda and Washington's unpaid U.N. dues. "My uncle tends to more public display, he tends to be more blunt," Boutros-Ghali says. "[At the IMF] different things are at stake. I will pound my fists in a closed room; there's nothing to be gained from doing it in public...
...makes Rakhmon's sudden bout of modesty all the more puzzling. According to Russian news agency RIA Novosti, on May 15 local Tajik officials received phone calls from the president's office playing a recorded address by Rakhmon in which he stated that from then on, they could only display portraits of him that had been given official approval: "In order to prevent the veneration of bureaucrats [and] eliminate misunderstandings among the public ... the placement of portraits of the head of state in public places will be determined by the Office of the President of Tajikistan." The directive says that...