Word: grander
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...flowing in as well. More than 20,000 Chinese now work in Laos, up from a few hundred a decade ago. Some are farmers who were lured by land so cheap they can grow rubber, corn and fruit and sell their crops back home at a profit. Others have grander ambitions. Lin Bo graduated this spring with an accounting degree from the Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics in Eastern China, and he has come to make his fortune along the Mekong. "Many students at my university had never even heard of Laos," says the 24-year-old, who with...
...lost by focusing on revising Japan's pacifist constitution and making education more patriotic while ordinary Japanese were more worried about the country's growing income gap and its faulty pension system. Whether or not Abe resigns, the Japanese government will have to put aside its grander ambitions and make pocketbook issues a priority. "Abe couldn't figure out how to balance the people's interests with his own," says Etsushi Tanifuji, deputy dean of politics at Tokyo's Waseda University. Fortunately for Japan, the democratic system has a way of redressing that imbalance - it's called an election...
...grander scale, the 1.2 million-- member United Church of Christ has resolved to work in conjunction with NSM, and Shamana's Methodist conference has committed to educate congregations on how they can participate in its actions. An official with the General Board of Church and Society for the 8 million--member United Methodist mother church, while stressing that he is not quoting church policy, says his office recommends sanctuary as "an option for a lot of churches and necessary for some situations...
Given the headaches, Iranians should probably forgo spectacular weddings and hold quiet ceremonies instead. But in a culture where displays of wealth are crucial, parents usually insist on grander events. One sign of this commitment to excess: it is common for parents to circulate DVDs of their children's weddings, so friends and family can view the lamb-on-a-spit from every angle. As the mother of my recently married friend put it, "Weddings are for the community, and if the laws get in the way, not having a party is not the answer...
...Lacrosse was recruiting those kids from Duke’s team they put them through the charade of prefrosh weekend? No, they just paid for a night at Scores and promised to cover their AD dues as well. These are just minor problems of Harvard that are indicative of grander social scene issues. The repressiveness of this school is as persistent as our viral counts in the face of sophisticated drug cocktails. No amount of persuasion can make a Harvard student have fun, just like no amount of scratching will make the itching go away, it will only spread...