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Journalist Weighs In on Tibetan Riots, Dalai Lama
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NPR Talk of the Nation
03-31-2008
Journalist Weighs In on Tibetan Riots, Dalai Lama
Host: NEAL CONAN
Time 15:00-16:00 PM
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NEAL CONAN, host:
This is TALK OF THE NATION. I'm Neal Conan in Washington.
An uneasy quiet appears to have settled over Tibet nearly three weeks after the worst outbreak of violence there in almost two decades. Accounts differ on the numbers of people ...
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PRESENCE; The Dalai Lama, in ways subtle and not so subtle, brings the force of his beliefs and his personality into play. The venue can be a hotel suite or an auditorium. The subjects can range from China to Washington, D.C.(NEWS)(Faith & Values)
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; Byline: Nolan Zavoral; Staff Writer I walk past a picket fence of security people and aides standing outside the hotel suite, and the door opens and there he is. The Dalai Lama, this is. He doesn't so much shake my hand as grasp it in both of his. His are comfortable hands, light hands, bronze
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