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...years Kawa Karpo has been sacred to Tibetan Buddhists, and it is the site of a major annual pilgrimage. Locals are fond of recounting the cautionary tale of one of many ill-fated mountaineering expeditions: a team perished on the ascent, Tibetans believe, because it was blasphemous enough to tread on holy ground...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Detour: Ice Bound | 5/5/2003 | See Source »

...Stone Roses and Suede paved the way for both Blur and Oasis. Both bands made massive contributions to the- genre—Blur with their third album Parklife and Oasis with their auspicious debut Definitely Maybe. But only the former band continued to evolve, while their Manchester rivals would tread the same waters of their debut for the rest of their career...

Author: By Christopher A. Kukstis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: CD Review | 4/4/2003 | See Source »

...biggest opportunity. The key to solving global poverty is not encoded in complex econometrics and it does not fit the lock on Uncle Sam’s vault—it is found in the slums and rural farms of the developing world, where economists and policymakers fear to tread...

Author: By Richard T. Halvorson, | Title: The Rights of the Poor | 3/11/2003 | See Source »

...Threading together deceptively simple details of prison life, Otsuka describes the tightrope that the characters must tread between loyalty to their adopted country, loyalty to family and loyalty to race. It is a balancing act rigged to end in alienation: they are doomed to demonization simply by being Japanese. As the civil liberties of Middle Eastern immigrants in today's America are eroded by the war on terror, When the Emperor Was Divine serves as a cautionary reminder of the damage governments inflict when they indiscriminately punish the innocent in the name of national security...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lost Liberties | 3/9/2003 | See Source »

Still, businesses with operations in countries that have high rates of AIDS infection tread a thin line...

Author: By Elizabeth S. Widdicombe, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Business’ Role in AIDS Epidemic Explored | 2/24/2003 | See Source »

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