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...rest of the world looks at China, they see this increasingly powerful and confident country spending more and more on its military, its economy booming, its financial power overseas growing," says Jiang of the University of Alberta. "But when Chinese leadership looks at the country they see the exact opposite: weaknesses everywhere from Tibet to Xinjiang, to rising inflation and civil unrest, environmental disasters and corruption. So the overall mentality of the central authorities is very insecure and nervous." Jiang argues that the only way to move toward a solution in Tibet is to negotiate with the Dalai Lama...
Back in olden days--in 1974, to be exact--Mr. T. Harding Jones of the Concerned Alumni of Princeton lamented how "coeducation has ruined the mystique and the camaraderies that used to exist" on campus. Admitting girls to Princeton, he predicted, was "going to prove a very unfortunate thing...
...Though the official would not provide an exact number, he did say, "The number starts with a three and we are still counting...
...personal credit cards for a brief period of time. These and other tactics are almost always employed at one time or another by most presidential operations to get through tight spots. But the debts tend to be short-lived and modest, rarely exceeding a few million dollars. While the exact size of Clinton's debt has fluctuated, Democratic party officials say, hers remains above the norm in size for a campaign at this stage of a race...
...host of self-help and management texts that claimed to be imbued with its spirit - works with titles like The Wolf's Way, Wolf Soul, The Cool Wolves, Think Like a Wolf and Wolf Strategy. Illegal reproductions of Wolf Totem, of course, were rampant. No one knows the exact number of pirated copies sold but usual estimates are between five and 10 times the authorized version, which sold around 2 million. Total sales in China could therefore be as high as 20 million...