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Authorities made clear that the testimony of strangers is not enough. It is a citizen's duty to betray his own kith and kin. The Zhou clan, willingly or by coercion, did its duty. Zhou Fengsuo, 22, a physics student at Qinghua University in Beijing, was among the 21 student leaders named by officials last Tuesday as the country's most-wanted criminals. The next night on television, Zhou was shown being led into a police station for interrogation. The scene then shifted to the home of Zhou Yanrong, the student's sister. Dandling a baby...
...Costner clan has always been on the move. "This is a Grapes of Wrath family," explains brother Dan. The Costners, of Irish and German descent (with a hint of Cherokee blood), moved West when they lost their Oklahoma farm. Kevin's father Bill recapitulated the Okie migration, moving from one Southern California town to another in various jobs for Southern California Edison. "From Day 1, Kevin was his own person," recalls Bill, 60. "Once he decided to take charge of organizing a parade at his school. I figured it was too big a job for an eleven-year...
ARISTOCRATS. Brian Friel's depiction of a gilded Irish clan in decline, sensitively acted off-Broadway, is the best play on view in New York City and merits comparison with Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard...
...always marks the spot; that manly virtue will be rewarded with a king's garlands and a kiss at the fade-out. The Indy stories are just the most recent link in a chain forged at the first campfire, when an elder spun tales to keep the clan together and the demons...
ARISTOCRATS. Brian Friel's depiction of a gilded Irish clan in decline, sensitively acted off-Broadway, is the best play on view in New York City and merits comparison with Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard...