Dalai Lama arrives in TaiwanThe Dalai Lama arrived in Taiwan on Sunday for a visit that has drawn China's ire despite vows to focus the trip on comforting victims of this month's devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. typhoon typhoon: see hurricane. . Tibet's exiled spiritual leader landed at the Taoyuan International Airport on a flight from New Delhi and was expected to head straight south to areas heavily impacted by Typhoon Morakot. "I'm a monk. I was asked to say prayers for peace," he said shortly after his arrival. The Dalai Lama, who is visiting Taiwan for the third time, has been invited by members of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party, which favours independence for the island from China. Taiwan's ruling administration, eager to improve ties with the mainland, has scrambled to limit damage from the visit, reportedly sending an envoy to Beijing to firm ties ahead of the Dalai Lama's arrival. Hundreds of members of Taiwan's Tibetan community, some dressed in traditional robes or waving the Himalayan region's snow lion flag, had been waiting for hours to catch a glimpse Verb 1. catch a glimpse - see something for a brief time catch sight, get a look see - perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight; "You have to be a good observer to see all the details"; "Can you see the bird in that tree?"; "He is blind--he of the Nobel Prize Nobel Prize, award given for outstanding achievement in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, peace, or literature. The awards were established by the will of Alfred Nobel, who left a fund to provide annual prizes in the five areas listed above. laureate. One of them was 26-year-old Tseten, who said he first saw the Dalai Lama 10 years ago in Dharamshala, the north Indian hill town that had been the Buddhist monk's home for decades. "I'd like to see him again. I miss him very much," Tseten told AFP (1) (AppleTalk Filing Protocol) The file sharing protocol used in an AppleTalk network. In order for non-Apple networks to access data in an AppleShare server, their protocols must translate into the AFP language. See file sharing protocol. . 
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