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...assertive as China appears to be in its search for oil, so far it has fallen far short of its goal of energy security. Currently, production from China's overseas investments supplies just 5% of imports?the rest is purchased on the open market. Mainland oil companies have twice been foiled in their efforts to buy stakes in fields in Kazakhstan, and they haven't secured any significant drilling rights in Central Asia or the Middle East. The fields that Chinese companies have so far bought into are already mature, and many experts feel they've overpaid. "China has been...
Barrett was standing on one side of my long futon, about to turn around in frustration and retreat to her bed and the blissful ignorance of sleep. I was standing on the other side, wringing a red sweater in my hands and trying to figure out why we had fallen from grace...
...more than a year ago along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, according to a senior Pakistani intelligence official. "He is quiet," adds the Islamabad official. Says an Afghan official in Kabul who works closely with the U.S. search team: "There's nothing here to go after. Bin Laden's fallen off the radar...
Kagan’s determination is all the more impressive due the central administration’s lack of leadership on this issue. The University has fallen far short of its duty to fight for equal rights and anti-discrimination. Although University President Lawrence H. Summers told The Crimson last November that “We all look forward to the day when any American regardless of their sexual orientation as regardless of their race or religion can serve in the armed forces,” he has chosen not to take any decisive action to back up his words...
Heller still remembers the not-so-lovely first impression Mark made on her father years ago. The couple had fallen asleep on the couch downstairs after talking late into the night—and were startled awake at 3 a.m. by her father’s angry screaming...