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People like Brian Carlson, IT director for humanitarian and emergency affairs at World Vision, are working on technology to improve such early-warning infrastructure. Carlson, who traveled to India shortly after the 2004 tsunami, said he noticed two communities just miles apart: one was full of survivors, while the other was wiped out entirely. The reason for that difference was that the surviving village was notified by a family related to a man in Singapore who saw the tsunami warning on TV and called his family. "It was a simple phone call on a cell phone that saved hundreds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Prepared Are Countries for a Tsunami? | 10/1/2009 | See Source »

...very idealistic,” said Maxwell D.A. Dikkers ’13. “But he does seem to have a great vision of what he wants to get done...

Author: By Athena Y. Jiang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Indonesian President Visits Kennedy School | 9/30/2009 | See Source »

...brought a vision for China that has resonated from the 19th century Qing dynasty reformers to this day: to regain China's fu qiang (wealth and power), dignity, international respect and territorial integrity. In this regard, Mao and the CCP positioned themselves squarely with a deep yearning among Chinese - thus earning their loyalty and the party's legitimacy. His successors have not wavered from this singular vision and mission. (Read "Where China Goes Next...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China at 60: The Road to Prosperity | 9/28/2009 | See Source »

...spent his lifetime trying to transform Chinese society in his utopian, socialist and revolutionary vision. He tried to create a "new socialist man" and an equitable society. His regime succeeded in providing the world's largest population with food to eat, housing and basic services. Social vices were eliminated, literacy was expanded, life expectancy increased and infant mortality decreased. These were no small achievements. But Mao's efforts to impose socialism had a deadening effect on urban and rural society alike, as political movements repeatedly harassed different groups of people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China at 60: The Road to Prosperity | 9/28/2009 | See Source »

Uribe detailed the many ways his country has advanced in the past seven years, and he also laid out his vision for a stable and united Colombia...

Author: By Evan T. R. Rosenman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Amid Student Protests, Uribe Details Plans for Stable and United Columbia | 9/28/2009 | See Source »

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