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...impetus for the construction of a real student center across the river. If the last year has taught us anything, it is that student activism, serious or otherwise, can change the minds of College and University planners. Until that’s proven wrong, it makes no sense to downplay and insult what the College is already offering...
...trying to downplay the nature of these crimes by any means—any increase is one that is justifiably concerning,” Robinson said. “If you’re talking about an increase from 3 to 10, percentage-wise it’s huge, but numerically, it’s not. That just might be a blip on the radar screen. So its sounds like there could be an increase because it’s difficult to tell...
...large-screen, flat-panel displays. Sharp may have better technology, but Masuda wonders whether the company can reduce costs enough to defeat the makers of PDP sets, which are significantly cheaper. "There is a real price battle going on," says Masuda, as Sharp jockeys for position. Sharp executives downplay such claims, saying the market is big enough for sellers of both types of large-screen TVs to prosper...
...Senior officials in Shaanxi downplay the dispute. Governor Chen Deming told foreign reporters in May that the peasants were fairly compensated based on their oil income, which he suggests they under-reported to escape taxes. "They say they earned more, and we say prove it?and pay the tax on it," he asserts, adding that only 10% of investors rejected the government's compensation offer. Yulin mayor Wang denies that anybody is complaining about anything these days. "There was no conflict with private oil enterprises," says Wang, because "most were happy with the compensation." The city's Communist Party vice...
...only dissonant note relates to security issues. Large parts of southern Afghanistan are still too dangerous for foreigners, where fighting continues between U.S. forces and remnants of the Taliban, and bomb attacks have taken place in Kabul. At times, the authors' enthusiasm for their subject appears to make them downplay these issues, as when they assert somewhat too dismissively: "Kabul is a city of several million people ... and the percentage chance of being a victim is tiny." But Omrani and Leeming also do the country a service by pointing out what ought to be more widely known: most of Afghanistan...