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...from losing confidence and withdrawing into defensive isolation, Americans declared their determination to defeat the forces of terror and intimidation. A lame-duck mayor of New York galvanized his stunned city and inspired the world with his example. A minority President dismissed by much of the world as unfit for the office replied to the attacks with measured military might, routing the Taliban regime and liberating Afghanistan from the grip of medieval oppression. Most of the free world - and most of the Islamic world - approved of the action. Fears of widespread civilian casualties and a massive Muslim backlash failed...
...return of the stone sculptures was cause for celebration: Mamoru Kusaka, the Japanese businessman who owned them, had decided they rightfully belonged in Korea. But Koreans are acutely aware of how much of their cultural patrimony remains in exile. From the late 19th century until Japan's defeat in World War II, Japanese colonial officials and private collectors amassed at least 100,000 artifacts and cultural treasures from all corners of the Korean peninsula. Japanese looters and government-sponsored archaeologists violated the tombs of Korea's Kings and Queens, plundering finely worked gold jewelry, jade pendants and delicate celadon bowls...
...remains relatively unexplored. While conspiracy theories of hidden troves of gold looted by the Japanese abound, there has been little serious research into the issue of stolen art and artifacts. "It's a wide open area," says John Dower, a professor of history at M.I.T. and author of Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II. "This one got truly buried...
...Crimson’s depth had, up until that point, compensated for losses at the top of its lineup. Sophomore No. 1 Louisa Hall, Colby’s sister, scored only five total points in a 3-0 defeat to the nation’s top-ranked player, sophomore Amina Helal. Co-captain Margaret Elias won her first game against Trinity’s precocious freshman Lynn Leong, but Leong breezed through the next two to win the No. 2 match...
Giving up a great deal of experience and nearly thirty pounds, Kaufmann lost 3-1 to Rohn. His defeat was the deciding factor in the Crimson’s 21-20 loss, but his effort was not lost on his teammmates...