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Meet the candidates vying to lead this Asian nation: one is the son of a former Prime Minister, the other is a grandson of another former Prime Minister. The man they would replace, who announced his resignation on Sept. 12 after less than a year in power, is yet another former Premier's grandson. And the top man before that? Yup, another scion of a political dynasty...
...think students appreciate the chance to talk to a real person about their questions and concerns.” Palmer Rampell ’10, however, said he did not find the Concentration Fair as helpful as he had hoped. Trying to decide between East Asian Studies, Philosophy, and English before the end-of-semester deadline, Rampell had come to the fair to learn more about his options. “I thought that instead of telling us about the requirements of each concentration, the professors would share their passions for the subject,” Rampell said...
...moved to the town in 1949, and married a Locke native. She helped raise the couple's two children, worked as a midwife, and cared for elderly bachelors living out their final years in boarding houses. Although the California Supreme Court in 1952 struck down a law forbidding Asian immigrants from owning land, Locke had been built on private land, which was not for sale. As the town's elderly residents passed on, their children began to move to the cities and suburbs...
...Prime Minister, Fukuda seems likely to continue the general course of the Abe administration, albeit with a more moderate touch. He also seems less willing to prioritize the U.S. alliance at the expense of Japan's Asian relations. Though not an opponent of economic reform, Fukuda is unlikely to risk taking any chances, which means needed changes like a consumption tax increase will stay on the shelf, even as Japan's recovery loses steam. For now, after the tumult of July's election and Abe's exit, Japan seems to be in a holding pattern, with tradition-bound hands...
...this year, the movie constructs six characters in search of the '60s Zeitgeist: the Liverpudlian Jude (Jim Sturgess), his American girlfriend Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood), Lucy's rebellious brother Max (Joe Anderson), the Janis Joplin-like Sadie (Dana Fuchs), the Jimi Hendrix-ish JoJo (Martin Luther McCoy) and the Asian, vaguely Yokonian, finally lesbian Prudence (T.V. Carpio). They come together in New York City and manage to get involved in or affected by most of the decade's Big Movements: student unrest, race riots, Vietnam War resistance, political assassinations, the Black Panthers, bisexual experimentation, psychedelic drugs. Except for Laugh...