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Discussions began Monday in Dharamsala, India, among leaders of the Tibetan exile community on the future of their decades old - and so far utterly fruitless - attempts to get Beijing to give the region some form of self-rule. The six-day talks, called by the exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, who lives in Dharamsala, come at a critical juncture not only for the exiles but for their compatriots inside China and the officials in Beijing responsible for administering the region...
...much of it in our own zone.”The Crimson easily outshot Clarkson, 35-20, but a combination of Dahm’s outstanding play in the net and Harvard’s inability to capitalize on the power play rendered the Crimson’s efforts fruitless.“[Dahm] kept her team in the game,” Brine said. “She made a few huge saves on some breakaways. She was definitely a contributing factor to their win.”Harvard’s opponent had better luck with...
...Google endeavor. It is no surprise that as the world digitalizes, the book will follow to one degree or another, and publishing companies are well aware of this. By choosing to fight the inevitable, publishing houses are merely hurting themselves. Rather than pour time and money into fruitless legal battles, they would do well to embrace what Google has tried to start; and in so doing, they could control the project’s development and implementation on their own terms. What makes the conflict all the more tragic, and avoidable, is that there is a road map for this...
...would take a 4-3 man advantage thanks to a scrum and a penalty, but RPI goalie Matthias Lange made three saves to preserve the Engineers’ one-goal lead heading into the second intermission.The third period was a study of contrasts, as two Harvard power plays were fruitless. Lange made several great saves to deny the Crimson, which would soon find itself down a man as well.RPI used the power play to increase its lead back to two when Chase Polacek hammered in a one-timer from the slot.Barely two minutes later, Coskren cut the deficit...
...appears that after decades of fruitless negotiations with Beijing as part of an attempt to gain some concessions for his homeland, the 15th Dalai Lama may have finally reached the end of his tether. "Mr. Patience has run out of patience," says Robbie Barnett, a professor of Tibetan studies at Columbia University in New York City. "It's really very serious indeed and a major disappointment, though not so much of a surprise. The Chinese must have know this was coming - some of the responsible officials in fact must be very pleased that they have managed to provoke this reaction...