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...choirboys. Father Ly's crime? Challenging the government. Last month, the priest sent a letter to U.S.Congressmen urging them to reject ratification of a bilateral trade agreement until Vietnam grants greater freedom of worship. Hanoi's retaliation against Father Ly was swift, but it may be backfiring and could dim chances for the treaty's ratification. Members of the U.S. House of Representatives' powerful International Relations Committee have vowed to bring up the issue in hearings that could start as early as next month. The action against Father Ly?weeks after the reported strip-search of a prominent Buddhistdissident...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sins of the Father | 3/19/2001 | See Source »

Ebony and other IJs are taking heat from Korea's police and prosecutors, who take a dim view of the country's latest cyberfad. In the past two months, they have launched raids on Internet broadcast stations around the country. The president of one station has already been sentenced to a year in jail for violating obscenity provisions of Korea's broadcasting laws, two others received suspended sentences and around 10 more are in jail, awaiting trial. Enterchannel is likely to get off with a $16,000 fine but Ebony was hauled in for questioning. "Police aren't trying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shock Jock | 3/12/2001 | See Source »

This season, opponents have outscored Harvard 42 to 27 in the final frame of play, meaning that the prospects of pulling off a come-back in the last 20 minutes was dim on paper. But the Crimson reversed that trend and popped four unanswered goals in the span of six minutes to clinch the game and the series...

Author: By Jennie L. Sullivan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 876-5309: New Chapter in the Rivalry | 3/12/2001 | See Source »

...small hours, the docks are quiet, but inside the Y, isicathamiya choral groups are pulsing. Isicathamiya (i-see-ca-tah-me-ya) encompasses elements of Zulu ritual celebrations and American gospel and ragtime. Opening for concerts in the late evening, the Beatrice Street Y offers a dim, sweltering performance hall one flight up crooked wooden stairs. The Saturday crowd sitting on plastic chairs and wooden benches fills the gymnasium-size venue all the way up to the raised concrete stage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Zulu Blues | 3/9/2001 | See Source »

CRUZ BUSTAMANTE Calif. Lt. Gov. uses N word in Black History Month speech. Are all state's bulbs dim...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Feb. 26, 2001 | 2/26/2001 | See Source »

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