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...first and most important order of business is to prove (or disprove) the existence of a single particle known as the Higgs boson - a speck so precious that it has come to be called the "God particle," a reference to the theory that Higgs gives mass to all matter in the cosmos...
...order to accommodate the new courses, the original lineup of 1L classes—including civil procedure, criminal law, and property law—lost one hour a week of lecture time per class, Vice-Dean for Academic Programming Andrew L. Kaufman ’51 said...
...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. "Now they are building a new order, and China needs to take part in the rule building. If China stays away, it won't be part of the international community...
...uses the leverage of threatened exclusion from the American financial system to press Dubai's financial services industry into observing U.S. curbs. Iranians in Dubai say they find it increasingly difficult to get credit, even for workaday business dealings. "We have to pay full amounts to the supplier in order to ship the goods to us," says Morteza Masoumzadeh, deputy executive director of the Iranian Business Council in Dubai, whose shipping company focuses on trade with Iran. "If we go to banks and ask for credit facilities they say 'Oh no, you are Iranian, we cannot'. " (See pictures of Iran...
...moves, however, hint that it hopes to tamp down tensions. "Things certainly stopped getting worse," says Jin Canrong, a professor and deputy director of the School of International Studies at Renmin University in Beijing. "I would say the relationship between China and the U.S. is becoming stable, but in order to get better, both of them have to work harder." (See pictures of U.S. Presidents in China...