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Ciardiello’s bat had been a major factor in Holy Cross’ recent wins and made an appreciable impact last night with three hits and four RBI. When he scored a run of his own later in the inning, Ciariello put his team up 4-0, still with no outs in the bottom of the first...
...sized events on campus—parties that are large enough to feel exciting yet small enough to facilitate personal interactions—are limited to members of a student group or are exclusive in some other way. Students often feel left out of these ideally sized gatherings, a major issue with social space on campus. In response, the SIP fund promises to support exactly the types of events that undergraduates want and that all undergraduates can attend. The parties must be located in a public space but also cannot be advertised via posters or email lists; hence, the parties...
...plutonium to do a better job of securing them so they don't fall into the hands of terrorists. Then, in May, the parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) will convene in New York for the treaty-review conference held every five years. Major nuclear powers such as the U.S. and Russia hope to strengthen the floundering treaty, which seeks to prevent new countries from acquiring nuclear weapons by getting those who already have them to begin disarming. (Watch TIME's video "Ahmadinejad Says Obama Should Back...
...while Hu can't expect to win much in the way of U.S. concessions on Taiwan and Tibet, his trip to the U.S. could prove valuable on other fronts. China has traditionally stood on the sidelines of major international gatherings of political leaders, in keeping with the dictum of former leader Deng Xiaoping that the Chinese should "disguise their ambitions and hide their claws." As a result, Chinese economic clout now outweighs its diplomatic leverage and soft power. "China has been reluctant to be put in the traditional order," says Xingdong Chen, the chief China economist for BNP Paribas Securities...
...legitimate trade moving from Dubai to Iran - trade between the two countries was worth $12 billion last year, most of it imports into Iran - makes it easier to camouflage illicit items. About 400,000 Iranians live in Dubai, and about 8,000 Iranian companies are registered there, including two major banks, Bank Melli Iran and Bank Saderat Iran, both of which are currently under U.S. sanctions on the allegation that they're funding Iran's nuclear program...