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...violent uprising was inevitable. The combination of simmering resentment over the failure of the Dalai Lama's six-year-long negotiations with Beijing, and the influx of Han Chinese settling in Tibet have pushed Tibetans to breaking point, says Sangay, who grew up in exile. "The frustration level has reached very, very high," he says. "If you study violent movements, when these reach a threshold when it starts to affect not only political issues but also bread and butter issues, then it crosses a line and the response becomes much more aggressive and violent and that's what's happened...
...reach these conclusions, the authors said they poured over numbers from the Department of Defense, the Brookings Institution Iraq Index, and the Iraq Body Count to determine an accurate estimate of casualties. They then combined that information with automated mentions of resolve-undermining statements as well as major polls to measure public opinion...
...estimates show the cost of the war may reach $12 billion a month this year. Economists Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Blimes estimate that U.S. spending in Iraq could get to $2.7 trillion overall--or more--by 2017. Here are some of the reasons...
...says Hiroshi Hasegawa, chief designer of the GT-R. "Information cascaded from him." A veteran racing-system developer and director, Mizuno asked Ghosn to allow for a race-car development method. He started in December 2003, using early data on the GT-R concept to teach others how to reach the targets they would soon face in design. At that point, Mizuno says, he understood 120% of what needed to be done, but "others knew zero." Nissan held a global design competition--a first for the company--to pare down submissions for the car from 80 designers. About eight months...
...quickly as you get your opportunity,” Funk said.Link, on the other hand, is part of a far smaller proportion of students who receive likely letters on the basis of academics rather than athletics.Fitzsimmons says that for non-athletic likelies, the admissions office is primarily motivated to reach out to applicants who might not otherwise attend.According to Fitzsimmons, academic likely letters are often sent to students “who might not think Harvard was even in the cards.”Link, for one, has a somewhat unorthodox background—she has been homeschooled since kindergarten...