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...released, and life for Tibetans had seemed to be returning to normal. Some foreign tourists were even trickling into the region. But the coming months will provide a severe test of that relative calm. "It's hard to predict what will happen," says Rigzin. "But if they try to shove it down their throats and make Tibetans celebrate, that would not be good at all." Even if this period passes quietly, the year ahead contains many more potentially explosive anniversaries for Tibetans. April will mark the 20th anniversary of the bloody 1989 suppression of anti-Chinese protests in Lhasa. Even...
...goals more clearly. “Just because Harvard is delayed doesn’t mean we need to be delayed,” said Bruce Houghton, a community task force member. “We need a plan so that the BRA and Harvard don’t shove us to one side.”But he also expressed doubts that Harvard’s financial situation truly rendered it incapable of following through on its promises in Allston. “The community should not accept that all things slow down,” Houghton said...
...else) and sale rules (no returns, no checks) are ubiquitous. "If we look obnoxious, we're doing our jobs," says Fried, who looks like a cross between Elvis and Elvis - Presley and Costello. "You want the customers to walk in and say, my God, what's going on here?" Shove the numbers in a customer's face, Fried insists, and he'll find a good reason to stick around...
...Usually our team relies strongly on 5-on-5 play,” Alex Biega said. “Unfortunately, against BC, we weren’t really focused enough to take the game in our hands and shove the puck down their throats and play in their zone the majority of the game...
Nkunda arrives two hours late, sweeping to a halt in front of a sweating crowd of 2,000 in a blacked-out Toyota Land Cruiser flanked by jogging uniformed bodyguards. As Nkunda disembarks, the goons shove and kick reporters and spectators, then stand moon-faced and legs apart around their man, guns slung over their shoulders and pointed down, trigger fingers running along the guard - the pose of elite troops from Fort Bragg to the southern Philippines. Nkunda is a man who manages his appearance carefully, cutting a tall and slightly dandyish figure in combat fatigues, a purple beret...