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...China's near-miraculous economic rise has been built on the smarts of men like Cheng Wei-lun and the sweat of the 800 workers he employs as chief executive of the Tianji Wooden Products Co. Based in Guangdong province in southern China, the company, which exports $10 million worth of toys and children's furniture annually, is like thousands of other small manufacturers that help form the backbone of the country's formidable export-manufacturing machine. But that frame is showing cracks, and all the brains and brawn in the world might not be enough rescue Tianji Wooden Products...
...Eyal Dechter ’09 strums the first chord on his acoustic guitar, leading into an original melody. Loren J. Bienvenu ’08 joins in on drums, completing the trio. Dechter’s soft tenor breaks into a love song. The band crescendos as they near the chorus, at which point Dechter sings the lyric that gave the song its name, “You are my fetish”. These three musicians form the band “Fetish Fetish,” and as their name suggests, all of their songs have a common...
Shakir, a joint concentrator in Social Studies and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, is finishing her senior thesis which explores the difficulties first-generation Arabs face when returning to the Middle East. [CLARIFICATION APPENDED...
...March 18 news article "Watercolor Memories" gave an incorrect location for a 2005 model United Nations conference, which was held in Cambridge and not New York City. The article also stated that Deena S. Shakir '08 has completed a citation in Arabic. Although the joint Social Studies and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations concentrator has taken classes in Arabic, she has not received a citation in the language...
...Another measure that has helped keep the peace in Sao Paulo is a ban on late-night alcohol sales, especially at weekends. Police say almost two-thirds of homicides take place near or in illegal or unlicensed bars and clubs, and more than half take place between Friday night and Sunday morning. Nineteen municipalities in the state have limited the sale of alcohol at night and small towns across the country have followed suit...