Word: premier
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Thanks to junior forward Sarah Vaillancourt, the Crimson (11-0-0, 9-0-0 ECAC) crossed the threshold and established itself as the premier team in the nation...
...were raised in Chinese cities whose skyscrapers and Internet cafés aren't so different from Tokyo's. They are not looking for political or economic refuge. Le Yiping is a polished 25-year-old studying transportation and logistics at the University of Tokyo, one of Japan's premier colleges. "I plan to go back to China after graduation because the business opportunities there are very good," she says - though she admits that other Chinese friends have made similar vows, only to remain in Japan. While Le is here, however, she's on a mission to change her homeland...
...Many Britons, even those who rejoiced at Tony Blair's exit, had worried that their brainy, brawny Chancellor of the Exchequer was too complex and introspective to make an effective Prime Minister. Instead, the contrast between Brown and his quicksilver predecessor helped to win over skeptics. Yes, the new Premier was dull by comparison, but reassuringly...
...visit to Harvard yesterday, former Soviet premier Mikhail S. Gorbachev defended the legitimacy of Russia’s Dec. 2 elections, called for sweeping multilateral action to eliminate nuclear weapons, and criticized U.S. foreign policy since the end of the Cold...
Kennedy School of Government professor Graham T. Allison Jr. ’62, who helped arrange Gorbachev’s appearance, said the former premier is likely to be cautiously critical of some of Putin’s policies...