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...undercutting the official line that all grievances in Tibet are inspired by the Dalai Lama and driven by independence plotters, the group's report offers hope of a freer debate over tensions in China's sensitive border regions, according to Nicholas Bequelin, researcher for the NGO Human Rights Watch. "This is something that we've been waiting for a long time," he says. "Any improvement in Tibet and Xinjiang can only trickle down from more open areas of China." (Read "Dalai Lama to Stay Quiet on Tibet's Future...
...Market analysts attributed the brief but historic run to expectations among investors that the Congress Party's victory would bring political stability to India and give Singh's progressive administration a freer hand to pursue economic reforms in sectors such as insurance, retail and banking. Some analysts are already revising India's GDP growth and corporate earnings outlooks. Chetan Ahya, economist for Morgan Stanley Asia, upgraded his growth forecast for India this year from 4.4% to 5.8%. "The markets are enthused by the current political developments after 18 years of coalition governments," says Bharat Iyer, head of India research...
...Becky freer says adopting a 10-month-old girl from China was the best thing she ever did. So when Freer, 44, recently decided to further expand her Austin, Texas - based family by adopting another daughter, she thought China was the obvious choice. She soon discovered however, that as a single woman, she is no longer eligible. "Three years ago I was an acceptable parent, and now I'm not," she says. "It seems unfair." While Freer has since been approved to adopt a daughter from Ethiopia, she is one of a growing number of prospective parents who are unable...
...college students. Several students said that they were attracted to the security that the program gives. “You know you have an MBA spot locked in,” said Anthony A. Pino ’10. “It allows you to be a little freer in the two years after graduation.” In trying to attract a diverse applicant pool, Leopold and her staff have visited 58 schools this year. These have included large public universities, in addition to engineering schools, liberal arts colleges, and Ivy League universities. The program aims to attract...
...Despite, or maybe because of, their constant competition, Titian and Tintoretto often found their artistic practices converging. Over the years, Titian's brushwork became much freer and more open - more like Tintoretto's. Meanwhile, much of Tintoretto's output as a portraitist is like a grudging homage to Titian, who had arrived in his own portraits at a balance of gravity and offhandedness, dignity and intimacy so perfect (and appealing to clients) that the younger man knew he had no alternative but to imitate...