Word: southwest
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...cold February night in 1951, South Korean troops moved swiftly to take a communist guerrilla stronghold on Bulgap Mountain, at a county called Hampyeong in the Korean peninsula's southwest corner. By the time they scaled the ridge, the rebels had fled. That's when the bloodshed began. Suspecting the villagers in the area had helped the enemy, the soldiers made them kneel in a trench, then shoved sharpened bamboo sticks down their throats and shot them...
...simmer. As neighbors and growing world powers, India and China are bound to have their differences, but, say analysts, it is in both countries' interests to move away from the icy, uncompromising positions where they are now entrenched. The possibilities for trade between India's northeast and China's southwest have barely been explored. "Indians and Chinese need to be more confident in their history," says Anand. "This is history, as you see in Tawang, which was more complicated, fluid and relaxed...
Members are not obliged to accept barter clients all the time. "There are times of the year when our hotel is full and we know we can generate cash payments," says Stephen Hill, the owner of the 24-bedroom Hotel Penzance in Cornwall, southwest England. "There are other times when we can't - and that's when Bartercard comes into its own." Whenever Hill has unfilled rooms, he places an appeal for barter business on Bartercard's online site or through the firm's brokerages - there are currently 100 offices around the world to help connect members. If the hotel...
...copper mine at Saindak and has steered the building of a $1 billion blue water port at Gwadar, mostly using Chinese labor. The growing hub of Gwadar, which Islamabad has slated to become a special economic zone, is not only a focal point of Chinese strategic interests in southwest Asia, but also a source of contention for the Baluch, who have been almost entirely frozen out of its development and, as in elsewhere in the province, kept at arm's length by ethnic Punjabis and Sindhis arriving to do business here from other parts of Pakistan...
...state costs saw similar increases, to $18,548 for tuition and fees and $26,741 with room and board. New England was the most expensive region for several types of schools; private, four-year schools averaged $43,884 with room and board, compared with $30,220 in the southwest...