Word: succession
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...stakes are high on both sides. Given the importance that Beijing places on China's economic development, commodity-price data could be considered vital and sensitive information, says Joshua Rosenzweig, Hong Kong--based manager for the Dui Hua Foundation, a human-rights group. "The success of China's economy is tied up with the legitimacy of the government in a very big way," he notes. Foreign mining companies--very much including Australian ones--have profited greatly by feeding China's ravenous appetite for raw materials. But recently, wild fluctuations in commodity prices and friction over trade deals have increased tension...
...Bobby Jay has a large influence on special teams because he reminds players of the dedication and commitment to special teams that is needed for a team to have success,” former co-captain Jimmy Fraser ’09 wrote in an email. “His knowledge of the game was his main contributor to the penalty kill...
Since Jay’s departure, Harvard has struggled to meet the same level of success. The past two seasons have featured two of the longest winless streaks in Crimson history, and although Harvard has typically been able to bounce back in the spring, its hopes of securing an ECAC title and a pass to the NCAAs have not been achieved since the 2006 championship victory...
...think Bobby Jay will bring the feeling of success and confidence back to Harvard hockey,” Fraser wrote. “The past few years, Harvard hockey has gone through a few situations where the player's confidence and morale was down as a result of certain losing streaks. Although the previous years have demonstrated the strong level of resiliency that Harvard hockey endorses, Jay will undoubtedly help with the attitude of confidence in the locker-room...
...while Tokyo's major investment goal may be practical, robotics is also prestigious, giving Japan's big technology companies a global showcase for their cutting-edge research capabilities. Honda devoted millions of dollars towards the development of its first walking humanoid ASIMO "with no hope of direct commercial success," says Noel Sharkey, a robotics professor at the University of Sheffield. The exercise both "shows that they are technological leaders," Sharkey says, and gives Honda a chance to "reward the very best engineers in the company by placing them on the ASIMO team." (Read about robots in the U.S. army...