Word: yan
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...investigators from distant regions in big cases to reduce the chance that corrupt officials can rely on local connections to avoid punishment, fundamental weaknesses remain. Corruption-fighting efforts are subject to political interference, and watchdog powers of the press and citizens are limited. "The other side is missing," says Yan Sun, a political scientist at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York...
...that relatively small surcharge hardly seems sufficient to overcome the seductive pull of casinos and their multimillion-dollar marketing budgets. "The gambling industry is so big," says Poon Yan-chi, director of the Macau center where Tan delivers his PowerPoint presentations on the evils of gambling. "It's like David and Goliath." David sometimes wins. But that...
...third-place Dartmouth.MIT INVITEMIT hosted a low-key invite this weekend, which featured 12 local teams. Tufts’ two teams finished first and second with 42 and 70 points, and MIT rounded out the top three by notching 72 points.Sophomore skipper Alan Brick and sophomore crew Winston Yan sailed for Harvard in A-division, earning fifth place with 45 points. Sophomore skipper Ali Beyer and freshman crew Katherine Savarese placed sixth in B-division with 56 points. Overall, Harvard finished in fifth, 11 points behind fourth-place Boston University and five points ahead of sixth-place Providence College.LANE TROPHYHarvard...
...they rely upon the people for food, medicine, clothes and shelter. "A devout Buddhist will not even step on the shadow of a monk," says a Rangoon resident. "When a monk approaches, we move aside to let him pass." And so, with soldiers and police still inside Ngwe Kyar Yan, hundreds of local people surround it. "We had no weapons and knew we couldn't compete with the military," a neighbor tells me. "Everyone just wanted to protect the monks." Eventually, with night approaching, the security forces fight their way out with live rounds, killing two people...
Overnight, troops surge into monasteries across the city, beating and arresting monks. At Ngwe Kyar Yan monastery, the floors are puddled with blood, the thin dormitory walls perforated with holes from rubber bullets. The raids enrage the people. The lives of Burmese Buddhists are intertwined with the lives of the monks. Monks preside over marriages, chant over the dead; they shelter orphans, care for HIV patients and help schoolchildren cram for their exams. A devout Buddhist will not even step on the shadow of a monk. With soldiers and police still inside Ngwe Kyar Yan, hundreds of local people surround...