Word: lightness
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...Chinese took to the streets as mobs burned Japanese flags, overturned Japanese-made cars and threw rocks at Japan's consulate in Shanghai. Part of that animosity can be attributed to historical myopia on the Chinese side: mainland textbooks omit anything that casts the Communist Party in a bad light, glossing over, for example, the horror of the Cultural Revolution. Japan's wartime atrocity thus stands out starkly as the great injustice of China's modern history. And with nationalist education increasing in the wake of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, says Kingston, "younger Chinese know a lot more about...
...Lebanon into its December crisis by sending its supporters into the streets to demand more power. Though Siniora refuses to step down, he has shown flexibility. He has offered to expand the Cabinet to include more opposition figures, and to discuss limiting the scope of the U.N. investigation in light of Hizballah's fears that the tribunal might judge past acts of terrorism blamed on the group, like the 1983 bombing of the U.S. embassy in Beirut. Thus far, however, negotiations with Hizballah remain unscheduled...
...twenty other people who feel the same way I do,” Putnins said. A number of students at the evening meeting said that they had heard about the group through the web site. Yang said that these online submissions bring the problem of mental illness to light in a culture that often ignores it. “It shows how much work needs to be done on campus—everyone has these problems, but no one’s doing anything about it,” she said...
...Wareham’s experimental touch seems to have gone in the wrong direction on “Back Numbers.” The material is a far cry from what the masterful guitarist and lyricist is capable of, instead taking on the cotton candy feel of simple, light, lovey songs that fail to impress. Oddly enough, the newly-wedded couple rarely sings together on the album, but that doesn’t prevent their mushy sentiments from bastardizing what could have been a solid record. “Back Numbers” lacks the touch that Wareham is best...
...dispatched to a report of a loud party at Lowell House. Officers arrived and reported that there was a small gathering on the squash courts and the group was sent on their way. 1:11 a.m.—An officer was dispatched to a report of a flashing light on the second floor of Paine Hall, 3 Kirkland Street in Cambridge. The officer arrived and reported that the flashing light was in fact a light bulb and all is in order. 4:51 p.m.—Officers were dispatched to a report of an unwanted guest in Holyoke...