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When the war ended 20 years ago, neither business nor religion was high on Vietnam's list of priorities. Today both are thriving. "The spiritual change here is nothing short of amazing," says Bao Ninh, a prominent writer and war veteran from the North. "Fifteen years ago, we were very dogmatic. Now it is almost impossible as a writer to describe what is happening." From the border with China in the north to the rice mills of the Mekong Delta in the south, the California-size country is humming with activity. Hong Kong investors have been allowed to open...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VIETNAM: BACK IN BUSINESS | 4/24/1995 | See Source »

...behalf of Fifteen Minutes, we would like to take this opportunity to welcome all pre-frosh to campus. We would also like to welcome all current students to pre-frosh weekend, a potentially delightful time for those at all stages of the college life cycle. Party on, kids, young...

Author: By Elg & Yhy, | Title: From the editors | 4/20/1995 | See Source »

...kinds of things" are exactly what flood the floor and corners of the Dunster House squash-court-turned-art-studio where the Onion Weavers meet. Two years ago, the club's foreparents, disgruntled by common casting's ruthless rejections, decided to band together and give their first fifteen-minute show "The Frogs," by Aristophanes. They left behind debris from a veritable Big Bang of puppetry: a frog clad in Dionysian grapes and toga hangs around in hope that he might still have a chance at a "recycled" role in a future show, and various black-swathed puppets left over from...

Author: By Lindsey M. Turrentine, | Title: Onion Fun | 4/20/1995 | See Source »

...Boswell's National Book Award-winning Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality: Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Fourteenth Century, to Randy Shilt's best-selling And the Band Played On, to George Chauncey's highly acclaimed Gay New York, the past fifteen years haVE seen a transformation of gay and lesbian history into one of the trendiest fields in publishing and academia...

Author: By Theodore K. Gideonse, | Title: Out and About | 4/14/1995 | See Source »

...Harvard co-ed squad boasts an eighth-place national ranking after its first two regattas of the spring. The team cruised into third place out of fifteen schools at the Naval Academy and seized second place in last week's home event--the Boston Dinghy Club...

Author: By Scott A. Martin, | Title: Sailors Overcome Adversity | 4/7/1995 | See Source »

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