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...overcome this roadblock, Sigalos said that DigiLit aims to provide accessible curricula and training for both teachers and students...

Author: By Ekene I. Agu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Two Projects Win I3 Grants | 4/16/2010 | See Source »

...This isn't the first roadblock on Hong Kong's long march toward democracy. The British routinely co-opted or marginalized opponents to colonial rule until the 1980s, when they finally allowed a certain number of local district councilors to be elected. In the early 1990s, the first legislative elections were held, but after the handover, the Chinese temporarily replaced the whole legislature. Since then, it has postponed democracy twice. In 2004, Beijing decreed that Hong Kong could not have universal suffrage before 2012. In 2007, after the pan-democrats defeated a package of reforms almost identical to the ones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Hong Kong Getting Any Closer to Real Democracy? | 3/11/2010 | See Source »

...much to fans’ dismay, the Crimson’s postseason ambitions unexpectedly hit a roadblock, as the Bears knocked Harvard out in the first round...

Author: By Aparajita Tripathi, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Playoffs Offer Squad Chance to Start Anew | 3/4/2010 | See Source »

...Kirkland prides itself on being a tight-knit community, and DeWolfe housing has always been the one roadblock we faced,” said former HoCo chair William M. K. Stallings...

Author: By Naveen N. Srivatsa, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Kirkland House To End Overflow Housing in DeWolfe | 2/22/2010 | See Source »

...best measure of an economy's health. "The model of 19th century capitalism doesn't apply in the 21st," he writes. What we need now is "a new vision"--one that recognizes innovation as the true engine of economic growth and views government as a facilitator, not a roadblock. The crisis has given us an opportunity to rethink our economic order, says Stiglitz. The biggest danger is that we don't seize...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Skimmer | 2/1/2010 | See Source »

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