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November marked the anniversaries of two events that defined the twentieth century: the Bolshevik Revolution (11/7/1917) and the breaching of the Berlin Wall (11/9/1989). Critics bemoaned experts’ failure to predict the demise...
China-U.S. relationship that by large was entering a period where our focus would be more and more on global issues, said U.S. Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman on Friday. Huntsman made the remarks at the Forum for America/China...
Sales of existing homes in Washoe County continued to post gains in October, but a slip in median price underscored the difficulties the local market continues to face in reaching a bottom. Washoe posted 553 sales of existing...
BEIJING, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- China-U.S. relationship that by large was entering a period where our focus would be more and more on global issues, said U.S. Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman on Friday. Huntsman made the remarks...
Sales trends are scrubbed, crunched and analyzed all year long, so why is so much importance placed on the holiday retail season? Does the personal spending pumped through the cash registers in December actually float many...
Wellesley College alumna Catlin Powers, class of 2009, fights to bring heat, clean water and other necessities to those in need -- from the high-altitude regions of the Himalayas to economically depressed areas of the Dominican...
As I noted in an earlier post, I was very excited to hear from a former student who is concentrating in history and wanted advice on the teaching profession. This student gave me the greatest compliment when she stated “I was...
The Seventh Ordinary Session of the African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW-7) took place from 12-13 November 2009 in Johannesburg, South Africa. A Brief History of the African Ministers’ Council on Water Ministers...
Monday, November 16, 2009 Zafar Alam Sarwar One wonders why people belonging to different walks of life discussing the present scenario in the twin cities remind one another of the abrupt sugar price hike in the second half of...
Joint ADI-NIAS seminar With COP15 - the UN Climate Change Conference - taking place in Copenhagen from 7-18 December 2009, NIAS and ADI have taken the opportunity to arrange an inter-disciplinary climate seminar with a focus on...
