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...military threats, but on Tuesday they received news that could set back their struggle for decades: China announced that it had found the world?s highest oil field, 15,000 feet above sea level in the disputed territory. "China would be even less likely to consider relaxing its grip on a Tibet with oil fields," says Dowell. "This is not good news for the Dalai Lama." For most nations, striking oil is counted as a blessing; for Tibetans it may be a curse...
...certain point the University loses its grip on you," Silverglate added. "And we claim that the University lost its grip...
...glad that David S. Jackson, who attended the Electronic Entertainment Expo of the video- and computer-game industry [VIDEO GAMES, May 24], did not write an article on how these games are causing violence in children. As long as the children who play them have a strong grip on reality, violent video games are fine. There are so many people who regularly play video games and are unaffected by them that the games are obviously not to blame for violence. GREGORY A. KNOX Millbrae, Calif...
...world's most famous political dissident and ultimately the inspiration for the democratic movement that doomed the Soviet empire. Sakharov realized that the ideals he had pursued as a scientist--compassion, freedom, truth--could not coexist with the specter of the arms race or thrive under the authoritarian grip of state communism. "That was probably the most terrible lesson of my life," he wrote. "You can't sit on two chairs at once...
Vote-rigging, though, may not be necessary for the country?s current rulers to maintain their grip on power. The new president will be appointed by a parliament composed of the 462 legislators elected at the polls, together with 38 appointed by the military and 200 nominated by the present military-backed government. From the initial count, the ruling party is drawing 20 percent of the vote, which would bring it ?- under the stacked-deck electoral system ?- within a whisker of holding on to power. Add to that an opposition vote split between Megawati?s secular Indonesian Democratic Party...