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International students make it damned near impossible to drink from the fount of the American dream without choking. They provoke jealously with their sexy accents, impeccable fashion, and disproportionate good looks. They poison classroom discussions by making cheeky references to the fact that they aren’t American and steal accolades from gullible teaching fellows on account of their “unique perspective” and, even more nauseating, that they’ve “overcome adversity.” (Sure, Ghana is a developing country. But so is Louisiana...
When Tata first suggested an ultra-cheap car a few years ago, other manufacturers scoffed, saying the project was a pipe dream. But if Tata lures away even 10% of the 6.5 million Indians who buy motorbikes every year, not only will it have a hit on its hands, it also will have expanded India's car market by more than half. Competitors aren't willing to cede that kind of market share without a fight. Carlos Ghosn, head of Renault-Nissan, recently announced that his company was looking at building a $3,000 car in India. Fiat, General Motors...
...American prisoner of war camp, taking a cooking class wherein they had no food to prepare, starving. I, too, was suffering hunger pains, and was engrossed in the feasts he was taught to conjure out of thin air. I, just like him, could do no more than dream of delectable chewables, constrained as I was to mush for weeks. And there we bonded. Sure, he was a Nazi soldier, a job he had volunteered for. And yeah, he was a member of the Waffen SS. But after sharing my hunger, he was so human to me that, if he were...
...once created propaganda for the Chinese communist party before moving to Canada in 1989, describes his first film, “Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square,” as autobiographical, illustrating the evolution of his views away from what he refers to as “the Red Dream.” Wang says that the film was not released in China because of its short form. But he also speculates that its depiction of political clashes, the opium war, and the 1989 student massacre at Tiananmen Square made it too controversial for the Chinese government’s approval...
...history. Because Marines deploy aboard ships, the service's chiefs have always hungered for vertical lift - aircraft that could take off and land from small decks and fly far inland to drop off combat-ready troops. As the Marines' Vietnam-era CH-46 choppers became obsolete, commanders started to dream of an aircraft that would give them more options when considering an amphibious assault. The dreams intensified following the failed Desert One mission in 1980 to rescue U.S. hostages in Iran. In the course of the operation, three helicopters broke down, leading to an order to abort the entire endeavor...