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...economic relationships to appease a nervous region. But if its domestic example is anything to go by - where the authority of the CCP to wield power and control resources is absolute and dissent is harshly treated - a dominant Middle Kingdom might show little future restraint in the relentless quest to enhance China's national power...
...Canada. Getting oil out of oil sands is incredibly destructive to the environment; old-growth boreal forests must be stripped away, and enormous amounts of water are polluted in the process. There are other obvious parallels to the movie, of course: producing oil-sands petroleum is expensive, and our quest for it suggests we're getting desperate for fossil fuels, the same way our future selves in Avatar have been forced to leave a wasted planet Earth in search of pricey, and presumably necessary, "unobtanium." "The tar sands in Canada are like [the forests of Pandora in] Avatar - without...
Although West’s most formidable competition has withdrawn, he still faces a tough road on his quest to win his first individual national championship...
Despite the Crimson’s efforts to match the Tigers stroke for stroke, a repeat performance of last year simply wasn’t in the cards for Harvard. Princeton ultimately stymied the Crimson’s quest for victory, prevailing with 1465 points and thus nabbing its 17th Ivy League championship in school history. Harvard concluded the weekend with a strong second-place finish, racking up 1438 points. Yale (1350), Penn (904.5), and Cornell (734) rounded out the top five...
...reviews of existing studies on the efficacy of influenza vaccines. Weighing the data, they conclude that there is insufficient evidence to indicate that flu vaccines reduce infection rates or mortality, even in the elderly. Jefferson, a former British army doctor now based in Rome, spoke with TIME about his quest to spur further research into flu vaccines. (See TIME's special report on how to live...