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...North-South détente. Stemming from fears of a North Korean offensive or a massive refugee influx, “sunshine” has in practice meant appeasement. Its moral vacuity was laid bare this past August, when a German human rights worker, Dr. Norbert Vollertsen, was beaten by South Korean riot police while trying to launch a flock of hot air balloons carrying radios toward North Korea. A few days later, he led a peaceful anti-Kim Jong Il protest outside a press center in Taejon and was assaulted by North Korean reporters. President Roh quickly apologized...
...enforcement clashed with students gathered to protest Lyndon Johnson’s war. Inside the hall, one Senator denounced the “Gestapo tactics” of Mayor Daley’s police, while the nation watched aghast as their televisions carried images of students being beaten outside. Incredibly, no one was killed, but the violence became one of many bitter moments etched in the nation’s memory of the turbulent...
...though he may have beaten Cornell’s No. 5 Dustin Manotti by five points last week, Jantzen only scored a 6-5 decision on Saturday against No. 17 David Dies...
...Golden Gophers have beaten Dartmouth once and Wisconsin three times, whereas the Crimson has yet to beat any one of the other top five teams in the country...
...definitely could have beaten [Northwestern],” sophomore Eva Wang said. “It was more of a matter of actually believing that we could. Something mental was holding us back...