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According to Chancellor Hance, it was a sentiment he detected upon their first meeting...
...Crucially, too, the Indonesia model relies upon effective police work rather than military force. Yudhoyono seems to understand that, in many developing nations, the military is not the best institution to tackle terror. Instead of relying on Indonesia's armed forces, elements of which have a reputation for corruption, Jakarta has worked with the U.S. State Department to create an élite counterterrorism force called Detachment 88. It has taken the lead in fighting J.I., and helped make the arrests in June. Indonesian security forces were once known for employing harsh methods of interrogation. But, today, rather than tossing terrorism...
...Kafka on the Shore, 2002 One of Murakami's most complex novels, Kafka blends Western myth, Japanese magic and religious concerns - rarely touched upon in earlier books...
...preventing concerted international action on a whole host of dangers such as climate change, the threat of viral pandemics and mass humanitarian crises. How much better, says Chanda, to have the geopolitical and economic grasp of the 16th century Portuguese trader and diplomat, Tomé Pires, as he gazed upon the spice markets of Malacca. "Whoever is lord of Malacca has his hand on the throat of Venice," Pires wrote. "[It is at] the end of monsoons and the beginning of others." An equally informed appreciation of our interconnected fates would better prepare us for the storms ahead...
USAGE Some officials worry the charges could cause low-income students to cluster in less-expensive fields--which can be less lucrative upon graduation. Some of the colleges allow nonmajors to take courses simultaneously in the expensive subjects without paying more...