Word: shinning
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...Cabinet meeting in Tel Aviv on Sunday morning, the head of Israel's domestic security agency, the Shin Bet, said Hamas is worried that its control of Gaza will collapse and is already discussing ways it can push for peace while still maintaining the appearance of defiance. Israeli officials reportedly say that the ground offensive will last a "few weeks" and that the two sides will then negotiate a new cease-fire. Israel wants to use that time to severely weaken Hamas' military capabilities. A day into the ground campaign, officials feel confident that they're doing just that...
...Shin Abe doesn't find it odd that the picturesque little Japanese town of Kuzumaki, where he has lived all his life, generates some of its electricity with cow dung. Nor is the 15-year-old middle school student blown away by the vista of a dozen wind turbines spinning atop the forested peak of nearby Mt. Kamisodegawa. And it's old news to Abe that his school gets 25% of its power from an array of 420 solar panels located near the campus. "That's the way it's been," he shrugs. "It's natural...
...main tournament because participants were not expected to have an extensive background in math competitions. John S. Trabucco, a 10th grade student from Roxbury Latin High School in West Roxbury who finished first place individually, described the problems as “reasonably manageable.” Jae Eui Shin from Phillips Academy, Andover placed second, and Yidan Li of Phillips Exeter Academy placed third. Cash prizes, custom-made glasses, and passes to the MIT Splash program were awarded as prizes. “Math is great because it involves more creativity than other subjects,” said Trabucco...
...Ever since post-war Japan tied its economy to innovation, the quest for novelty has assumed frenzied proportions. Most Japanese TV ads for food and drinks incorporate the mantra shin hatsubai, which roughly translates as "new product for sale." Indeed, Japan is the world's speediest economy when it comes to bringing new products to market, according to a study of 31 nations published in the September/October issue of Marketing Science. (Norway was second, with the U.S. ranking sixth.) Even international brands target the insatiable Japanese market differently. Pepsi, for instance, has introduced Japan-only products such as Pepsi White...
Pojaman, 50, her brother Bannaphot Damapong and her secretary Pennapa Honghern were found guilty of evading $16.3 million in taxes and providing false testimony in relation to a 1997 transfer of 4.5 million shares in Shin Corporation, the telecommunications conglomerate formerly owned by Thaksin and his family. Pojaman and the other defendants were released before the morning was over on $149,000 bail apiece. Neither she nor Thaksin immediately commented on the verdict, but it is expected she will appeal...