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...marching song, Real Men, is sung by rising female singer Jinjoo?the only performer on the recording who isn't a soldier. The ministry says recruits will be given the CDs "to enjoy during leisure time." Barracks culture may still have a whiff of the 19th century, but its background music will be 21st...
...Virgin” is most of all a reflection on its quirky but grounded creators. Carell comes from a background of delivering fake news, realistically presenting absurd topics. Apatow, who is making his feature-film directorial debut, is known for creating two generally acclaimed but swiftly cancelled shows, “Freaks and Geeks” and “Undeclared,” both of which offered wacky insight into the plight of teens and college students, respectively...
...Ethics for the Military As our Milestone on the death of U.S. Navy Vice Admiral James Stockdale noted [July 18], he was a prisoner of war for seven-and-a-half years during the Vietnam War. After he was released, he credited his background in philosophy with helping him survive the ordeal. In a Feb. 19, 1979, profile of Stockdale, when he was president of the U.S. Naval War College and a philosophy teacher there, we described Stockdale's commitment to teaching his military students how to combat "the deadening of moral sensitivities...
...future and its relationship with the U.S. are people like the textile worker you highlighted, Liu Li. Today ordinary people like Liu do not fear uncertainty or economic and social instability. These very uncertainties have created opportunities for China's Lius to escape from their humble social and economic background and realize their hopes. There is a degree of freedom of speech here today via the Internet. The people who fearlessly speak out online include new property owners as well as those who haven't yet joined the ranks of this class. Those Chinese want the government to hear their...
Then there are love interests Gannon and Wade. A chance trip to Thailand allows them to glisten and gleam as the water slides off their bodies, but the longish, supposedly sultry stares leave you anticipating a “bam-chick-a-bam-bam” background sound...