Word: hubbub
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...China could hardly be happier at the state of its relationship with the U.S. "Powell's trip shows that the U.S. takes China seriously," says Chu Shulong, a political scientist at Beijing's Tsinghua University, "and right now that is enough to keep relations steady." Amid all the hubbub about America's global role, that's a quiet change of historic significance...
Amidst the hubbub of returning to Harvard—moving in, shopping classes, reconnecting with old friends—the realization that something is amuck slowly sets in. The eager sharing of summer tales fuels optimistic anticipation for what lies ahead in the upcoming year; well, at least until you venture outside the comforting confines of blockmates’ abodes to confront the daunting walk through the Yard. Confident that awkward encounters are limited to the lives of first-years, you quickly realize that you were sorely mistaken...
Once a working-class community, Harvard Square is an exciting zone for exploration, especially to those of us who spent our summers in rural parts. The Square is a bustling hubbub of small shops and gaudy franchises, bearing the stamp of industrialization, yet remaining quaint and colonial with brick-lined walkways. Cambridge is the seventh largest city in the state, with over 40,000 residents in the age span of 18 to 29. Despite its presence of youth, the cobblestone streets speak to a revered past when the Square was no more than a nexus of street railway routes leading...
Cassini will use an elaborate suite of instruments to determine why all this meteorological hubbub is taking place on a planet that is so cold--with cloudtop temperatures of --218°F--that it shouldn't be able to cook up much weather. The best guess is that internal heat left over from the gravitational collapse that formed the planet in the first place is keeping things warm. Cassini will deploy its cameras, infrared sensors, chemical spectrographs and more to deconstruct the planet's atmosphere and find out for sure. Other instruments will map the planet's magnetosphere and gravitational...
...Bombay-based Animation Bridge. "Now, I don't have to sell India. I can start selling my company straight away." Because of globalization, cultural differences that affect production values?the look and feel of programs?are rapidly disappearing, too. "Ten years ago, when Bugs Bunny said, 'What's the hubbub, bub?,' most Indians would not have got it," says Nilesh Sardesai, creative director at Crest. "But today, they do," because Indian society has opened to foreign influences...