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...before they moved (or were forcibly relocated) to work in Japan between 1910 and 1945, when Korea had been a Japanese colony. In their new home, the Koreans were an oppressed minority; Kim Kyoo Il, a 69-year-old zainichi activist, remembers that during the war years, "Japanese were first-class citizens, and the [Koreans] were considered second-rate people...
Both Budson and Graham pegged the dearth of women in prominent positions in higher education to the fact that many administrators at the time simply did not believe that women could make “first-class competent scholars...
...suffered respiratory and other diseases and said their plans did not cover the all treatment they needed. When their request to receive treatment at the base is denied, they go to Havana, where their ailments are efficiently cared for. (Cuba, whatever its other troubles, is widely recognized as having first-class health care.) Is this showboating, or just showmanship? Either way, the polemicist makes his point in a film that's angry and one-sided, sure, but also instructive and often so funny you may pop a stitch watching...
...Brazil's top football magazine, Placar, did its own research, and came out with a Romario goal tally about 100 short of the 999 claimed by the striker himself. That forced Romario to admit that not all the 999 goals were scored in first-class games. In the U.S. or Europe, the admission of such chicanery in pursuit of a hallowed sports milestone would likely be condemned as unscrupulous, if not immoral. But in Brazil, where the original malandros of samba songs were celebrated for their ability to triumph through deceit and cunning, Romario remains a hero - or, at worst...
...weather has certainly improved here in the Northeast, but things are still a little bumpy at JetBlue, and the board believed it was time to get the company in the hands of a first-class operations guy, Dave Barger, the COO. Barger has proven ops chops, having helped turn Continental around. (Although he certainly has to take some blame for February, too.) In some ways, dumping Neeleman isn't a surprising move. He's a great entrepreneur, but perhaps one of those types who is much better at innovating than operating. The skill sets are vastly different, and many entrepreneurs...