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...year old teenager living right in the heart of Oxford city, which is a hot spot for intensely cerebral academics. Seventy percent of my peers are Chinese, and your article was an accurate reflection of the culture in Chinese education. A 15-year-old friend from Shanghai studying IGSCE had such a wide scope of knowledge about economics that even he was teaching his teacher. I was impressed by how boldly you argued the case for the much beleaguered Chinese education system, how important it is to the economic welfare, as well as describing its destruction of creativity. In this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tragedy at Fort Hood | 12/14/2009 | See Source »

...route from Mexico City to San Juan Pueblo, near Santa Fe - passed through the spaceport site. Because of this history, the Federal Government required a cultural-resources survey before construction could begin, as well as constant monitoring since. So on this balmy afternoon, archaeologist Elizabeth Oster is examining a spot she says is "right smack in the middle of the runway." If she unearths anything of scientific importance, the area will have to be excavated before construction can proceed. By the end of the day, Oster has found some stone chips, probably residue from a 5,000-year-old Paleo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard from Las Cruces | 12/14/2009 | See Source »

...self-described “dynamic centrist” said he hopes that his moderate stances and ability to work across party lines will give him an edge in the race toward the top political spot in the “red state...

Author: By Stephanie B. Garlock, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Allred Runs for Idaho Governor | 12/14/2009 | See Source »

...social status of such suspects makes them harder to spot for law enforcement and intelligence agencies, and also for the Muslim community as a whole. "Within the community, there's a tendency to think, Oh, this guy's from a good family; he won't go down that path," says Stewart. This may explain why Zamzam's group apparently didn't set off any alarms in the Virginia Muslim community before their sudden disappearance in late November. At the mosque Zamzam frequented, he seemed to have made no special impression on the imam or his fellow worshippers. Nor did Hasan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Most Domestic 'Jihadists' Are Educated, Well-Off | 12/14/2009 | See Source »

...others started a new round of training in swimming and navigation for an operation at sea, and on Sept. 15 they learned that their target was Mumbai. The 10 gunmen who arrived in Mumbai on Nov. 26 would land at the jetty at Budhwar Park, an unguarded fishing spot near the southern end of Mumbai, carrying their weapons with them. The Mumbai attack - which paralyzed a city of 18 million for nearly three days - was a terrifying example of jihadi groups effectively using small, decentralized cells to plan and execute a complex operation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Alleged Chicago Jihadi: Key Role in the Mumbai Attacks? | 12/11/2009 | See Source »

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