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...help ward off the pervasive dampness of the rainy season. Around the corner on Hang Gai Street, shoppers wander past privately owned clothing and novelty shops that are little more than window fronts. Nevertheless, they are the busiest stores in Hanoi. One of them is owned by Dao Thi Huan, 71, a retired government worker. For her, life is much better than it was even five years ago, though she feels that living standards are still low. The long war is a receding memory. "In the past I was angry, but not now," she says. "It's over. I gave...
Four fourth prize winners were given free' 1983-84 Confidential Guides to Courses at Harvard/Radcliffe. They were Daniel Goldhagen '87, Melissa H. Kaish, a graduate student, George E. Light '84, and Suong-Dao Nguyen...
...stench of dead bodies has filled the air. In the worst massacre, in the village of Mandai, the tribals first demanded money, then corralled the Bengalis in the village market. The horrified settlers were forced to watch while tribesmen armed with guns, spears and heavy scythes called daos put the torch to dwellings and butchered their occupants. "There was blood everywhere," says Haradhem Seal, 20, a Bengali barber whose entire family-parents, three brothers and three sisters -were murdered. "One man hacked at me with his dao. I collapsed, then several bodies fell on top of me. That was probably...
They are the most prestigious prizes in the world. Besides a hefty stipend (now $190,000) and a gold medal, they bring instant fame, flooding winners with speaking invitations, job offers, book contracts and honorary degrees. So heady is the honor that Physicist Tsung Dao Lee, who became a Nobel laureate at the precocious age of 31, wondered what he could do for the rest of his life. Indeed, as the time of the announcements approaches each fall, many contenders are so afflicted with Nobel fever they literally jump whenever their telephones ring...
...assembly point faced the statue of Viet Nam's 6th century naval hero, Trang Hung Dao. A landing zone had been prepared atop the building. But the South Vietnamese navy had placed 50-cal. machine guns on top of the building next door, posing a threat to the departing Americans. Picking up our gear, we trooped on to another assembly point...