Word: ushered
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...Such sentiments are the reason Taiwan's March 22 presidential election is potentially one of the most important East Asia has seen in recent memory. A Ma victory could usher in a sea change in the tense relationship between China and Taiwan. In 1949 Mao Zedong's communists chased Chiang Kai-shek's KMT from the mainland after a brutal civil war, and ever since the two have glared icily at each other across the narrow but heavily armed strait that separates them. Beijing considers Taiwan to be no more than a wayward province destined to be reunified under communist...
...industry types, Norman Smith was better known as the longtime engineer, or technician in chief, for the Beatles. Smith, nicknamed "Normal" by John Lennon, worked with producer George Martin on every Beatles recording through 1965's Rubber Soul. Later, as a producer, Smith helped usher in the psychedelic era by discovering and signing Pink Floyd after watching their trippy act at London's UFO club...
HUDS has made additions in the past week that added costs, “but not too much,” Mayer said, adding that the beginning of the spring menu on Wednesday will usher in Monday-night Shanghai lettuce wraps and a recurring make-your-own-pudding...
...funeral to be greeted by people waving Cuban flags and dancing in the streets, but he could not muster their same level of enthusiasm.Lage says that while Fidel Castro’s death is obviously an eventuality, it certainly will not solve the problems facing Cuba or instantly usher in a new age of democracy. “The next milestone is not Fidel Castro’s death,” Lage says. “The next milestone is when the people of Cuba can have their voice heard and change happens from within. That?...
...response to meetings with students and self-review, the faculty is completing a wholesale curriculum reform that will usher in next year: a new advising system with two faculty dedicated full time to advising and programming, a revised sophomore tutorial program, a new set of junior research seminars, an improved system of senior thesis mentoring and advice on research funding, added “meat and potatoes” courses in all areas with faculty taught sections, more advice and support for study abroad, more regular consultation with students, and more informal student/faculty gatherings...