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...project conducted under the auspices of the World Bank to help small and medium-sized hotels in the Mekong area access the Internet, the site now provides booking services for locally owned accommodation in around 30 countries. Uniting the hotels - apart from the fact that most are modest in size - is a commitment to sustainable tourism and environmental responsibility. If they stick to these principles, they'll continue reaping the benefits of an "e-marketplace" every bit as slick as the big booking engines. Within the site, each destination page is run by a local tour operator with firsthand knowledge...
...response to another question from Levin, Gates indicated that he would be open to modest troop withdrawals to force the Iraqi political leadership to take on more responsibility for security. "All options are on the table," Gates said. He also was not shy about suggesting that Rumsfeld had made misjudgments in the Iraq war. Asked by Republican John McCain, a likely 2008 presidential candidate, if the Pentagon had too few troops in Iraq at the outset - something the senator has long argued - Gates agreed. "There clearly were insufficient troops in Iraq after the initial invasion," the former CIA director said...
...Curricular Review tops their priority list. The pair say the review, led by a student-faculty committee, would produce reports on how student groups could better work together.Other platform issues include mobilizing students around the issues of faculty diversity and increasing environmental awareness on campus.A MODEST CAMPAIGNAnene and De Beausset say their relatively simple campaign has been free of gimmicks. “We started a bit later and we didn’t plan all this out several months in advance like many of our competitors,” Anene says.Moreover, the ticket unofficially withdrew from the race...
...seem figures from a fairy tale: blessed, or cursed, when they were seven, and emerging every seven years thereafter to endure another public challenge. It's almost Harry Potterish. By overcoming their natural desire for privacy, by revealing themselves unsparingly, these septennial TV celebrities have become, in a modest but modern way, true movie heroes...
...waltz into Cambridge for the organization’s 50th anniversary celebration.When a few students first conceived of starting such a group, in the spring of 1956, they had few resources other than their love for the works of Gilbert and Sullivan, with the first patron letter requesting a modest five dollar donation. Since then, HRG&SP has grown into an organization that has involved over 5000 people throughout the years, and produces one of the most popular, best funded performances each semester. Though HRG&SP is less widely known than some other theater groups on campus, such...