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...significant? Davis and his co-author Ken Caldeira estimate that 23% of global CO2 emissions - about 6.2 billion metric tons - are traded internationally, usually going from carbon-intensive developing nations like China to the comparatively less carbon intensive West. In a few rich nations, such as France, Sweden and Britain, more than 30% of consumption-based emissions could be traced to origins abroad; if those emissions were tallied on the other side of the balance sheet, it would add more than four tons of CO2 per person in several European nations...
...started off the event a little bit slow,” West said...
...West swept through the first two rounds of the tournament relatively easily, although he admitted that his level of play was lower than he would have liked...
...West took down high-seeded opponents including Trinity’s Vikram Malhotra (No. 8 seed) and Rochester’s Benjamin Fischer (No. 5) in the quarterfinals and semifinals, respectively, without dropping a single game. West also picked up the Skillman Award given to a senior competitor who exhibits sportsmanship throughout his college career. But West was not the only Crimson player to find success at the Individual Championships...
...legacy of Zheng's voyages - involving hundreds of ships, some exponentially larger than the three captained by Christopher Columbus decades later, in 1492 - is being invoked by the Chinese as historical proof of the difference between China's and the West's roles in the world. Though the unprecedented display of maritime power was meant to extend the Ming dynasty's reach over a network of tributary states, Zheng rarely resorted to the type of violent, coercive measures taken for centuries by European colonizers, especially in Africa. "Zheng's a nominal symbol of China's peaceful engagement with the world...