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...next century, its territory invaded and dismembered, its people raped and massacred. Along with the foreign interventions came homegrown catastrophes: rebellions, revolutions, civil wars, famine and unspeakable cruelty. Luan, the Chinese word for chaos, is perhaps the single most important concept that the outside world needs to grasp about the new China, for the memory of the long years of chaos continues to have a profound impact on Chinese thinking today...
Klunick, a highly-touted recruit who saw a lot of time on the floor early in the season, missed much of the year with a hand injury. He provided a spark on the defensive end, using his quickness to generate steals and harass opposing ball handlers. His grasp of the offense will need to grow in the offseason, however, as he committed 11 turnovers in 63 minutes of play...
...president has been very aggressive in seeking faculty input on Allston,” he says. “There is a lot of information involved in making decisions for Allston. The average faculty member has put in nowhere near [the requisite] effort, and has a much weaker grasp of the issues and so you can’t expect them to make the central decisions...
...friends emphasize her fun side as well, describing Menendez as a “participant-observer” who always keeps a keen grasp on circumstances...
...contradict (and, recently, to express contrition), usually beginning with “Let me just say that…” and often devolving into an economics metaphor. The second is as chair, where he employs a unique insensitivity to parliamentary procedure. Summers’ poor grasp of the rules has caused such confusion that votes on simple matters with unanimous consensus—like adjournment—have turned out wrong and required a revote...