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...engineers from the Icelandic power company Enex have left the pure air of Reykjavík behind to work in smoggy Xianyang. The ancient Chinese city might just have the geothermal resources to become the Reykjavík of the East. In December engineers from both countries completed the first stage of a joint venture that could eventually provide geothermal-powered heating to millions of people in Xianyang. If the project is successful, the city will eventually have the biggest such system in the world...
Knowles, a chemist and an interim dean three months away from stepping down from the post, identified a dearth of scientists and poor student-faculty ratios as problems that should inform the future expansion of FAS. As new, high-cost science buildings go up in the North Yard, the stage seems to be set for an influx of scientists and engineers into the Faculty—nearly two years after former FAS dean William C. Kirby unexpectedly slowed Faculty growth...
...year-to-year drama that sees teams swing from No. 1 and No. 2 seeds to No. 7 and No. 8s fighting for second-round upsets of traditional rivals. Most of all, the World Cup is without the most crucial element that separates the NCAA Tournament from all other stages in amateur and professional sports. The people winning and losing these games are barely removed from adolescence and have not yet assumed the steely, indifferent faces of seasoned professional athletes. The NCAA Tournament is much more prone to the Adam Morrison displays of 2006 – the agonizing...
...vaguely reference Middle East struggles, but nothing more overt underscored that imagery. What’s more, the characters’ use of swords as well as a single Roman column at the back of the set counteracted the contemporary feel. The column had the practical purpose of allowing stage entrances from behind a screen suspended from it, but its presence confused the setting...
...Olmert's wariness over Hamas is shared by U.S. and Palestinian officials. They told TIME that Hamas - despite its public commitment to a new coalition government with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas - has used a five-month cease-fire with Israeli forces to stage an unprecedented arms build-up in the Gaza strip. "They're armed to the teeth," said one senior U.S. official. "This is not like your average little militia." Indeed, one Israeli official said that, in recent months, Hamas has sent "dozens" of militants to Iran for advanced training in weapons that can destroy aircraft and tanks. Hamas...