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...role in the 1988 uprising, the floors are puddled with blood and the thin dormitory walls perforated with what Burmese call "rubber bullets." They are actually ball-bearings with a thin rubber coating, shot from a 40-mm cartridge. A direct hit at close range can take out eyes, crack skulls, stop hearts...
...just as often as North Korea has opened the door a crack, it has slammed it shut. In 2005, for instance, the government suddenly reversed its decision to allow private markets, forcing many North Koreans back into food-rationing. And at April's meeting of the Supreme People's Assembly, Kim's government sacked Prime Minister Pak Pong Ju, who had led a Cabinet-level economic think tank and was seen by some as friendly to reformers. "All of a sudden the wind seems to have gone out of the sail," says Brad Babson, a former North Korea specialist...
...Lions’ defense, which is allowing almost 260 rushing yards per outing. Norries Wilson has instilled a disciplined approach on the Upper West Side—Columbia is the least-penalized team in the league by a decent margin—but still lacks the roster to crack the Ivy’s top half...
...legal land remains muddled. Regardless, the College’s response thus far overreaches; to impinge upon student groups and House life for the sake of the Party Fund is unfair.To illustrate, the College’s new policy requiring receipts for disbursement—meant to crack down on students and groups illegally using grant money to fund alcoholic purchases—essentially terminates the UC’s up-front grant program, without which many student groups cannot survive. Student groups with high fixed costs and uncertain and delayed revenues (particularly arts groups and publications) rely heavily...
...Driven by a most dubious agenda, shortsighted cut-and-paste bloggers, lacking all the facts, have made a feeble attempt at being crack reporters. This is an aberrant attempt to distract the American people from what the real issues are. Hard working American families need affordable health insurance...