Word: regions
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Last year, Professor of Astronomy Robert P. Kirshner '70 thought he was a lucky man to observe during his lifetime one of the brightest supernova explosions our region of the universe has seen in centuries. But this year, he thinks his luck may have doubled...
...after the Armenian earthquake, when the world was flying millions of dollars in medical supplies to the devastated region, PETA spent $400 to fly lobsters from a tank in a Chinese restaurant in Rockville, Maryland to the coast of Maine. The lobsters were "liberated" by being dumped into the ocean...
That assessment, if anything, understates the level of disillusionment. Soviet products that have often been in short supply, like meat and butter, are scarcer than ever this year. In the Russian Republic, the Soviet region that is home to about half the country's population, meat available at state stores is so scarce that 1 out of every 3 consumers obtains a ration card to ensure a supply. Now, however, everyday items like good shoes and toilet paper are also missing from the shelves. Shoppers in Moscow are queuing for laundry detergent, and last week the capital was virtually bereft...
...year lease on the crown colony runs out and the People's Republic of China moves in. Except for replacing the Union Jack with its red banner, Beijing does not now plan any major redecorating. The island and its adjacent territories are to be designated a Special Administrative Region with authority to continue practicing their unfettered style of economic individualism...
...took some gunboat diplomacy to bring the area under British sovereignty. The Treaty of Nanking in 1842 ended the First Anglo-Chinese War and transferred Hong Kong to the crown. In 1898 the mainland region later known as the New Territories was added under the 99-year lease agreement. The only disruption of the tenancy was the Japanese occupation during World...