Word: pushed
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...bring an unprecedented - and in some cases very harsh - spotlight" on China and how it is governed. On the other side, everyone from human-rights activists to independence-seeking dissidents in Tibet and Xinjiang - "splittists" in the vernacular of Chinese officialdom - knew that they would have an opportunity to push their agendas with the world watching. "Though the specific trigger for this in Tibet is still unclear, that it intensified so quickly is probably not just an accident," the Western diplomat says. According to this view, it was never hard to imagine a scenario in which some group - and maybe...
...critical issue now front and center is just how far angry Tibetan activists will push, and how harshly the Chinese government will push back. The leaders in Beijing face what's an unusual dilemma for them: maintain order, but in a gentler way than they are accustomed to doing. The reason for this is clear enough: the memory of Tiananmen Square hangs undeniably in the background as the crisis in Tibet unfolds in this, the year of China's grand coming-out party. The scale of the unrest in Tibet - as well as the threat it poses to the Communist...
...investors, gold is a traditional hedge in uncertain times, whenever inflation or geopolitical tensions loom. Little wonder, then, that its price has skyrocketed amid the current market turmoil. A look at some other moments when jitters gave gold a push...
...fourth game, Harvard looked like it would make a comeback, as Weissbourd slammed down a kill near the end of the stanza to close the scoring gap, 26-28. But the Crimson couldn’t drum up enough momentum for the final push against MIT and was ultimately defeated...
...Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi said that a Catholic parish in this key Islamic country would be "a historic achievement" in the push to expand religious freedom and foster a positive interfaith rapport. Under Benedict, the Catholic hierarchy has stepped up calls from its Muslim counterparts for "reciprocity," demanding that the same religious freedom enjoyed by Muslims in the West should be granted to Christian minorities in the Islamic world. They note that Europe's biggest mosque, built with Saudi funds, was opened in 1995 in Rome, just across the river from the Vatican...