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...pressure on Vietnam to proceed as planned is enormous, says Carl A. Thayer, a Vietnam expert who teaches at the University of New South Wales' Australian Defense Force Academy. Vietnam needs to trade with China, the world's third-largest economy, to survive. Thayer acknowledges that no Chinese company operates independently of the government. "If you go up far enough you will find a military or a security connection," he says. "But Chinese occupation? I don't believe that...
...Some of the problems are of Vietnam's own making, observes Thayer. The country has become increasingly dependent on foreign direct investment to buoy its economy. Last year, overseas investors sunk a record $11.5 billion into Vietnam. China last year had 73 investment projects worth $334 million in the country. But in the wake of the global recession, foreign direct investment plummeted 70% in the first quarter of 2009 compared to the same time period last year...
This fine puddle sat in the Mem Hall, Mem Church and Thayer intersection for quite some time today. In FlyBy's 15 or so minutes observing the monstrosity, no one dared attempt to test its depth by crossing, even those in their best rain boots. The cause of such a huge lake? Clogged drains, below, of course. A quick clearing by FMO workers led to the pond's untimely death. No dead bodies were recovered upon draining...
When Cheever flunked out of Thayer Academy at 17, it was the end of his formal education. He promptly fictionalized the experience into a story that was purchased by the New Republic. One year a dropout, the next a published writer - and within a decade, a fixture in the pages of the New Yorker. By the mid-'60s the prizes and (sometimes) money were also rolling in from his first two novels. But by that time, on most mornings he was scuttling to the liquor cabinet right after breakfast to "scoop" the day's first...
...sleeping in the foyer of 1430 Massachusetts Ave. Officers arrived, located the individual, and checked for wants and warrants with negative results. Cambridge Police Department officials arrived and took over the handling of the incident. 9:06 p.m.—An officer took report of an assault at Thayer Gate. The officer was informed that while the victim was filling out a survey, they were pushed from behind. 8:46 p.m.—Officers assisted CPD with several individuals, who had jumped over the fence between Massachusetts Ave and Linden Street and were having a party. Officers report...