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...troubles in France, Chinese officials are now almost certainly even more concerned over the torch's upcoming stops in San Francisco and Sydney. Both cities have large activist communities, which have been especially vocal on Chinese human rights abuses in the past. Both also boast proven records of spectacular and efficient protest organization. Between those two legs, meanwhile, the torch touches down in Delhi, where anger over China's repression in Tibet remains high. The Beijing Olympic torch show, it seems, is only just heating...
Harvard’s spectacular resources do not simply benefit its own students. Harvard does not have a trademark on intellectual inquiry, nor does it hoard its discoveries. Relevant scientific abstracts can be viewed free of charge through an online database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine; the texts of such discoveries are readily accessible through scientific publications. Indeed, whether in journals, books, or online, nearly all of Harvard’s academic output—from graduate theses to economic policy papers—exist in the public domain. As a result, every dollar that Harvard pours into...
...This year's drivers' championship is shaping as the best of recent times. It follows the closest in the sport's history and is the first to be contested under new rules that are helping to produce some spectacular racing. In the crash-laced opener in scorching conditions in Melbourne, just seven of the 22 drivers finished the race. There were fewer mishaps a week later in Sepang, Malaysia, where 17 drivers made it to the end, but the racing remained fierce and unpredictable. The key is the abolition of driver aids that have worked to neutralize some drivers' superior...
...Kyle goes, I think he was very solid if not spectacular,” Donato said. “He was positioned very solid and didn’t have to put himself in a position where he had to make a lot of acrobatic saves...
...century Greek historian Herodotus - describe a city that extended for 14 miles (23 km) in each direction, divided in the middle by the mighty Euphrates, and fortified by five sun-dried mud-brick walls, each up to 23 ft. (7 m) thick. The walls guarded a spectacular inner city, whose grand streets ran parallel to the river. Between 1899 and 1917, German archeologists unearthed decorative elements that demonstrate the importance of Nebuchadnezzar's cosmic vision. Along Babylon's main thoroughfare, the Processional Way, there were palaces whose glazed bricks were adorned with 120 images of lions to honor Ishtar...