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When North Korea exploded its nuclear device at 10:36 a.m. on Oct. 9, Shinzo Abe's plane was en route from Beijing to Seoul for a summit with South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun. Upon landing, the new Japanese Prime Minister hurriedly gathered his staff at their Seoul hotel to devise Japan's response to the test. Some aides suggested canceling the summit and returning home to Tokyo immediately. Abe refused. "He was very clear that we weren't going to show that we were confused or anxious," says Hiroshige Seko, a special adviser to the Prime Minister...
...accounted for two-thirds of all trucks sold domestically. Purchases of these vehicles are supported by low-interest consumer loans from Tata Finance. Tata's hotel chain is building 200 hotels across India under the brand Ginger, offering rooms with wireless Internet access, air-conditioning and en-suite bathrooms for 1,000 rupees ($22), one-fifth of the cost of a typical room paid by budget business travelers in India today. That same desire to market to, and invest in, some of the world's poorest countries is behind Tata's affinity for Africa. In South Africa, the group...
...knew about beatification and canonization--but when did animation become one of the stages en route to sainthood? Last week the Vatican released John Paul II: Friend of All Humanity, an earnest if weirdly drawn educational cartoon for children about the adored Pontiff. The Pope isn't the only one getting a pop-cultural makeover. Religious figures from various faiths are everywhere--on the big screen, prancing across the stage, even in comic books. Here's a look...
...front row had something to bring to us.”In the first game, Cornell (11-8, 5-2) opened with an 8-2 lead but Harvard crept back, pulling within one point of Cornell at 27-28. The Big Red, however, won the final two points en route to a 30-28 victory. The second frame was ugly for the Crimson, as Cornell showed why it is known as one of the hardest hitting teams in the league. The Big Red fired an impressive .548 hitting percentage and held the Crimson to a negative rate to seal...
...teams had met as undefeateds, when Harvard was 2-0 and Princeton was 1-0. It was the first time since 1922 that both teams had met as undefeateds with at least five wins, when both teams were 6-0. The Tigers defeated Harvard that season 10-3 en route to a national championship.—Staff writer Brad Hinshelwood can be reached at bhinshel@fas.harvard.edu...