Word: ma
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...panic is felt by politicians and policymakers, who have slashed interest rates and hiked fiscal spending in an attempt to stimulate growth. In January, Taiwan's government doled out $2.6 billion in spending vouchers - or about $100 a person - to encourage consumers to splash out. The administration of President Ma Ying-jeou is also pushing a $14.7 billion program of infrastructure projects through the legislature, which includes funding for construction of better bridges and more subways. Singapore in January announced a $13.4 billion "Resilience Package" that will increase the country's budget deficit to a record level. Yet there...
...clay huts that used to stand there. However, each of these buildings was built with a Chinese flag on the roof. At the same time, the display of the Tibetan flag has been banned at many of these new buildings, especially the schools. When peaceful demonstrators in the Ma Ngoe township tried to replace the Chinese flag on their public school with a Tibetan flag, five truckloads of Chinese security forces arrived on the scene...
...dinner leaves you thirsting for more of the resort's 10,000 bottles of wine, head to the Wine Bar, where you can enjoy informal tastings with sensational cheeses selected by the maître de fromage or, even more tantalizingly, various types of chocolate. Forget the beach and sun this Maldivian holiday, and give your taste buds a buzz instead...
...Sanders Theatre this past Friday, cellist Yo-Yo Ma ’76 showed off his exuberant stage presence—with and without his instrument. Ma was joined onstage by President Drew G. Faust, Humanities Professor Stephen J. Greenblatt, and Literature Professor Diana Sorensen, who heaped praise on Ma for his talent and character as they announced new Harvard initiatives in accordance with the recommendations of the Task Force on the Arts. Introduced by Faust as “the beautiful Yo-Yo Ma,” Ma performed an awe-inspiring rendition of the Sarabande from Bach?...
...Passion for the Arts,” a two-day career showcase event that she said was the first large-scale event Harvard has hosted to encourage careers in the arts and humanities.Speakers during the two-day career showcase event included famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma ’76 and Harvard Law School Professor Noah R. Feldman ’92, both of whom joined Faust in arguing for the importance of an education in the arts and humanities—a focus that Faust has repeatedly stressed over the first year and a half of her presidency.The event...