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...collection is the result of nearly five years of effort by Daniel Gluck, who sold his software company in 1996 and used part of his money to start this project. Gluck is very eager to make sure everyone knows he has a degree in art history and is not just some smut-happy computer geek. "I was aware of this material because of my interest in the arts," he says. "The standard computer dotcom guy would know porn sites, but that's not where I'm coming from. I know about it from the arts...
...than a millennium. Camel trains laden with tea and textiles would emerge from the Taklamakan Desert, meeting other traders descending from the lofty Pamir Mountains, all survivors of terrible deprivation and brigandage. The glory days might be long gone but so are the bandits, and Kashgar welcomes ordinary tourists eager to see Central Asia's most spectacular market...
...Leary was a member of the U.S. Olympic rowing team that was gearing up for a medal attempt in Moscow. After tasting Olympic competition in 1976, she was eager for another opportunity. With shock and disbelief, the rowers learned of President Jimmy Carter’s decision to boycott the Games as protest against the Soviet Union’s invasion of Afghanistan. Endeavors to persuade political officials not to punish the athletes proved useless—the closest O’Leary came to the 1980 Olympics was a satellite feed of the races underway without her boat...
...oppressed by a rich elite. Many average North Koreans now know that isn't true, according to defectors. One reason: North Korean sailors, traders and workers who have been to places like Cuba and Libya come back with video tapes of American action movies. These are secretly circulated, with eager audiences gathering at the house of the very rare family rich enough to have a VCR player, sometimes with an English-speaker on hand to translate the dialogue. A record 600 North Korea defectors arrived in Seoul last year - this year's figure could...
...said when I returned to Georgia at the end of April. “You quit for no reason! How drop-out make money?” Suddenly she thought I might end up as a middle-aged man, dirtied by mud and sweat, eager to collect 2,500 Vietnamese Dong. During her childhood, depression and personal turmoil were to be expected. My task, she thought, was to press on, to speed through school and complete life’s mission to support my family. Instead of carrying water buckets I was to carry books—no matter what...