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...majority Sinhalese state. Upwards of 300,000 people may be displaced by the latest combat, though no journalists can enter the conflict zone to confirm this. Whatever the outcome of this campaign, the work of accounting for both sides' misdeeds and of repatching Sri Lanka's tattered society must begin. There, as elsewhere, peace cannot be won by military bravado alone...
...proud of our son and his choice makes us proud,” Mrs. O’Herin beamed. Early engagement aside, the couple’s romance took a while to start. The two met freshman year through the Harvard-Radcliffe Christian Fellowship, but did not begin dating until early junior year. Now, a year later, wedding bells are within earshot. Though a date has yet to be established, the couple anticipates tying the knot soon after graduation. O’Herin admitted that balancing school and his new marital status is no breeze, “It?...
...moment. And the way one writer responds to this is always different from the way another writer responds. So it’s rather risky to lay down the law for writers in general. I wouldn’t dream of doing that because it is arrogant, to begin with, but, not only that, it doesn’t work. It shows a kind of unawareness which a writer should not be encouraging.FM: You have been called the “father of modern African literature.” What do you think of that title?Achebe: It?...
...lead an effort amongst our members to learn from the results of these last two years, to understand more clearly why we don't do better in the Northeast, mid-Atlantic states, upper Midwest, the West Coast ... We have a lot of learning to do before we begin to stake out those new solutions...
...Indonesian workers who have already arrived are now studying Japanese in six-month intensive language courses at training centers throughout the country, paid for by the government and their future employers. They are set to begin work in February, but workers who want to stay in the country longer term have to pass a national examination - in Japanese - which only 48.2% of Japanese pass yearly...