Word: visioning
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...Most of all, Ma regales the packed room with his vision of Taiwan's future - one based on a radically altered relationship with Taiwan's rival, China. Taiwan, he tells one inquisitive villager, needs to strengthen its ties to China for the benefit of its economy and society. Chinese tourists, he says, would visit Taiwan in the millions and lavishly spend their newly earned wealth. "But we don't want to just make money off the Chinese," Ma says. "We want to make friends with them. Then there will be less likelihood...
...Even if Ma overcomes Hsieh and wins the presidency, he could face serious hurdles in realizing his vision of improved cross-strait relations. Much of his success will depend on the attitude of Beijing. On the surface, the interests of Ma and Hu Jintao appear to be dovetailing. Under Hu, whom Ma compliments as "sophisticated," China has dramatically softened its stance toward Taipei, and Hu these days sounds ready to compromise. In his speech opening the Chinese People's Political Consultative Congress in early March, Hu reiterated his offer to sign a peace treaty. "Status in negotiations would be equal...
...fortified by five sun-dried mud-brick walls, each up to 23 ft. (7 m) thick. The walls guarded a spectacular inner city, whose grand streets ran parallel to the river. Between 1899 and 1917, German archeologists unearthed decorative elements that demonstrate the importance of Nebuchadnezzar's cosmic vision. Along Babylon's main thoroughfare, the Processional Way, there were palaces whose glazed bricks were adorned with 120 images of lions to honor Ishtar, the goddess of love and war. The road terminated at the Ishtar Gate, a massive structure encompassing the five fortification walls and rising more than...
...from the surrounding coziness of column-strewn walls to the lush majesty of legendary Peking. The Lowell House Opera’s (LHO) ambitious 70th anniversary production, Giacomo Puccini’s “Turandot,” successfully transforms the dining hall into an exotic and vibrant vision, where the power of love reigns supreme...
...Gaudet, who finally received her first R01 grant—which is seen as establishing a young researcher’s credibility—last month, said that she had to reduce the scope of her proposed research several times to render her vision more “conservative,” something that would make her proposal more likely to win funding...