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...huddle, they emerged to tell reporters they were still joined at the hip when it comes to fighting al-Qaeda and the Taliban. And, as his military commanders prefer, Bush danced around the question of whether he'd ask Musharraf's permission to send U.S. troops into Pakistan to grab bin Laden, insisting that both leaders are still "on the hunt together." Musharraf insisted the agreement he struck with the tribal leaders is not a deal with the Taliban. "This deal is against the Taliban," he claimed. And Bush said: "I believe...
...through?and share revenue with?Xinhua, China was effectively rigging the market to favor its domestic news operation, critics charged?a claim bolstered by the publication of a speech in which Xinhua head Tian Congming said financial news was a "new growth engine" for the agency. Xinhua's power grab was also widely condemned overseas as an attempt to control the foreign media: among other restrictions, the rules prohibit dissemination of news that undermines "the fine cultural traditions of the Chinese nation." Oded Shenkar, a China expert at Ohio State University, says: "With a single move, they transfer a chunk...
...against Duke (6-0-1) in a 2-1 loss at Ohiri Field. Duke’s winning goal came early in the second half, only eight minutes into the frame. The Blue Devils’ Spencer Wadsworth charged at Harvard junior goalie Adam Hahn, who came out to grab the ball, then lofted it over his head into the back of the net. The Blue Devils opened up the scoring in the first half with a goal in the 21st minute. Duke got off a shot to the right of the Crimson goal, causing Hahn to dive...
Catching up on college rivalries is the least of the challenges facing Lenovo's managers. Once little known outside China, Lenovo catapulted to No. 3 in the world PC market (after Dell and Hewlett-Packard) with its $1.75 billion IBM purchase. The acquisition, the most high-profile overseas grab by a Chinese firm, horrified many Americans, who saw a rising China set to gobble up flagship industries in the U.S. After all, IBM virtually invented the PC 25 years...
...Equality and Democracy”). “Out of step” indeed. Philosophy courses are unique in their maddening, yet intriguing specificity. You’ll find this especially apparent in the 100-level classes, where the specialized interests of the professors manifest themselves in a grab bag of “nowhere-but-Harvard” courses, like Phil 152, “Philosophy of Biology,” and Phil 150, “Foundations of Space-Time Theory.” Although most upper-level classes don’t have any official prerequisites...