Word: regionalize
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...remarkable thing. Since the departure of the British from the subcontinent, India is the rare country in South Asia that has never been ruled by a dictator, a monarch or a general. It is a beckoning example of freedom and stability not just for the rest of the region but for any of the world's poor, volatile countries...
...team members next winter, with three freshman recruits coming in and another pair of skiers returning from time spent away from the team or school. This added depth should only help the alpine contingents continue to close the distance between them and other collegiate alpine skiing programs throughout the region. “Everyone has to step up next year,” Kinner said. “I’d really like our team to get out of ninth place and beat St. Michael’s College on a consistent basis. Getting any higher than eighth place...
...When you reached the summit, you told reporters via radio that you "felt dreadful." What was wrong? The problems are too numerous to put your finger on. There is something called crotch rot [a fungal infection of the groin region], which is very painful. Luckily there's a cream for everything...
...outright U.S. ally under Seoul's direction. Klingner says Beijing has feared a North Korean implosion for years, in the manner of East Germany, that would come with costs both economic (refugees coming across the Chinese border) as well as diplomatic (the loss of a buffer state in a region that, though stable, is inhabited by countries that really don't like one another much...
...costs to Beijing of kicking the North Korea can down the road by negotiating endlessly within the six-party talks were, with Washington's support, minimal. But now Beijing has plainly lost face; as Romberg says, it has probably been humiliated by Pyongyang. That's why diplomats in the region say there may be hope that the U.N. Security Council might seriously up the ante. Beijing's initial, tepid reaction to Monday's blast - waiting several hours before issuing a statement "condemning" the test - has been toughened, and discussions at the Security Council about possible sanctions are now under...