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...Singleton’s reach but bounced off of the left post. Harvard’s other near miss came moments after it took the lead. On another corner, the ball found its way to freshman midfielder Carly Dickson who ripped a shot that was just kicked wide by Singleton. Despite the close score, the Crimson finished with a wide edge in shots, 11-5, and corners, 9-0. —Staff writer Timothy J. Walsh can be reached at twalsh@fas.harvard.edu...
...Hong Kong reverted to Chinese rule in 1997, legislative elections have become an important, and closely watched, barometer of the city's unique status within China. Hong Kong's constitution, known as the Basic Law, states that the city's leaders should eventually be chosen by a direct territory-wide vote - though the timetable dictated by Beijing for such elections has often been hotly debated. For mainland China, still unnerved by the prospect of political instability, an orderly transition to full democracy in Hong Kong may provide a possible blueprint for wider political liberalization...
...Steinmeier, a jurist with wide experience in foreign policy and in the chancellery who served as Schroeder's chief of staff, is considered a steady hand on the tiller in turbulent times. Only Merkel scores higher in public opinion polls. But Steinmeier has never run for political office and analysts question whether his current popularity is not more the result of him being foreign minister, a post that traditionally receives high ratings from the public, than his electability. "Who is Frank Walter Steinmeier?" asked Die Welt, a newspaper, in a comment Monday. "He is not unlike Angela Merkel, in that...
...Australian Federation of Air Pilots. "It's easy to do in a simulator, but when you are confronted with it, it's an entirely different situation. You don't have a depth of feeling." Simulator training, he says, "is a short-cut process because of the world-wide shortage of pilots ... and the view we have is you can't beat experience...
...conventional wisdom finally became reality as Kerry carried the youth vote by a wide margin," Cannon said...