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Some of the students attending the Forum expressed frustration with the meager discussion of religion in academia...
Behind a mediocre .385 shooting percentage, the Crimson finished the ballgame well below its season average of 81.4 points-per-game. But Harvard turned in an outstanding defensive effort, holding Princeton to a meager 18 percent shooting in the first half, to keep the game out of reach for the Tigers...
...differences peacefully," Perry told a group of students. Tuesday, a Pentagon spokesman said that Beijing, which already has conducted a missile test near Taiwan last fall, had sent an unspecified number of Chinese troops and military equipment toward the Chinese coast opposite the island. Even so, China's relatively meager forces are unlikely to make the crossing. "Logic works against an invasion," says Defense correspondent Mark Thompson. "China is not a 'blue water' navy; their military is not suited to invade an island 100 miles offshore. The mainland is driven by public opinion, but if the Chinese government would temper...
...differences peacefully," Perry told a group of students. Tuesday, a Pentagon spokesman said that Beijing, which already has conducted a missile test near Taiwan last fall, had sent an unspecified number of Chinese troops and military equipment toward the Chinese coast opposite the island. Even so, China's relatively meager forces are unlikely to make the crossing. "Logic works against an invasion," says Defense correspondent Mark Thompson. "China is not a 'blue water' navy; their military is not suited to invade an island 100 miles offshore. The mainland is driven by public opinion, but if the Chinese government would temper...
...what did the shake-up mean? Most Silicon Valley analysts took it as a signal that Apple, which lost $69 million in the fourth quarter of last year, had abandoned its behind-the-scenes effort to merge with Sun Microsystems, at least for now. (Sun was reportedly offering a meager $23 a share for Apple stock, which closed last week at 291/4.) "Amelio's history shows that he emphasizes turning around companies, not selling them off," says consultant Tim Bajarin of Santa Clara, California...