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...Leaders in Beijing want to avoid the fate of other oil-poor countries like South Korea, which buys all of its crude on the open market and is therefore exposed to sharp price rises. The way to do that is to invest in exploration and development in countries that have oil fields but lack the capital or technology to exploit them. Once Chinese companies have a stake in oil coming out of the ground, even if it originates abroad, they'll have secured long-term supplies independent of the world's fickle prices. The process of overseas exploration began...
...Monday nights ago, Ralph Nader spoke at the Institute of Politics (IOP). The environment was contentious. The audience was asking tough questions, Nader was issuing sharp responses, and interruptions back and forth were common...
...plasma screens--which use electrically charged pixels of gas to create a picture--are cheaper than LCDs, and at sizes over 50 in., your only choice is plasma. But LCD technology, which involves creating a picture by passing light through charged crystals, is catching up. This month in Japan, Sharp wowed the crowd at a technology expo by unveiling a Ferrari-red 65-in. LCD TV, the world's largest. Prices of plasma TVs should fall as manufacturers build more efficient plants, but not as quickly as the prices...
...well-known Balanchine works, and the last commissioned dance for Boston Ballet came from choreographer Peter Martins, often considered to be Balanchine’s successor in the neoclassical style. Nissinen sums up his taste in ballets by stating, “I like pieces that are angular and sharp, especially with music that is not hummable...
...Leith J. Sharp, director of the Harvard Green Campus Initiative, said that the University will make individual schools report on whether they are following the principles in both their existing campuses and new development plans...