NEW HAVEN China is generating a lot of confusion nowadays, both at home, where senior officials now tout the economy s new normal, and abroad, exemplified by America s embrace of Cold War style tactics to contain China s rise. On both counts, the disconnects are striking, adding a new dimension of risk to the impact of the China factor on a fragile world.

New cricketing heroes have emerged from small towns, none more popular than India s swashbuckling captain, M.S. Dhoni, the son of a peon in the dusty town of Ranchi, who now commands millions in endorsement fees to tout products that his family could never have aspired to own. Cricket, once the sport of the British upper classes, is in India a great leveler.

The Committee holds tout courte, see paragraph 7.1 supra, that Although a person acquitted at first instance may be convicted on appeal by the higher court, this circumstance alone cannot impair the defendant's right to review of his conviction and sentence by a yet higher court. This is new ground for the Committee, and its rule, widely applied, could disrupt the court systems of many civil law countries.

As (lovely as) rubies and as (beautiful as) coral.

As (lovely as) rubies and as (beautiful as) coral.

Food is as important as energy, as security, as the environment.

We have trained girls as carpenters, as masons, as security guards, as cab drivers.

It can be something as prosaic as shoes, and something as complicated as overthrowing a government.

Not as great a general as Napoleon, not as great a statesman as Frederick the Great.

And you just want to learn as much as you can as soon as you can.

A man is as old as he feels and a woman as old as she looks.

As well as with a series of provisions such as

I've rescued children as young as three years, and I've rescued women as old as 40 years.

As long as you are here, we might as well begin.

He described this expedition as 10 times as dangerous as Everest.

I was as smelly and as depressed as anyone in line.

As we all know, this challenge remains as urgent as ever.

It's there, but it's not nearly as important as happiness, and it's not nearly as important as love.

But in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two edged sword.

But in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two edged sword.

His heart is as firm as a stone yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.

His heart is as firm as a stone yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.

Allegedly, degrading and cruel treatment as well as torture were as bad as last year, if not worse.

It's as old as breathing.

Come as soon as possible.

I'm as tall as you.

She's as busy as Tom.

He's as tall as me.

Nothing's as important as peace.

It's as cold as ice.

Read as much as possible.

I think it's about having to be prepared as communities, not as individuals being prepared as nation, being prepared as state, being prepared as town.

Things slow down as you learn, as you learn, as you learn.

And so the global village is as big as a planet, and as small as a village post office.

Who is blind, but my servant? Or who is as deaf as my messenger whom I send? Who is as blind as he who is at peace, and as blind as Yahweh's servant?

Who is blind, but my servant? Or who is as deaf as my messenger whom I send? Who is as blind as he who is at peace, and as blind as Yahweh's servant?

Therefore as many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as innumerable as the sand which is by the sea shore, were fathered by one man, and him as good as dead.

Therefore as many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as innumerable as the sand which is by the sea shore, were fathered by one man, and him as good as dead.

From Malta, Madagascar, Thailand, Vietnam, Jordan, Egypt, Israel, as far north as Alaska and as far south as New Zealand.

As well as many other signs, as by the stars (you) find direction.

As well as many other signs, as by the stars (you) find direction.

As indicated above, I sought to make my consultations as inclusive as possible.

As soon as the door closed...

That's as ambitious as we are.

They're just as natural as cows.