Word: gia
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...Military mastermind General Vo Nguyen Giap, 92, though shouldered out of the Party's inner circle in the 1980s, was back in the public eye, attending functions in Hanoi and Dien Bien Phu. The regime even delivered some true eloquence. "In the Vietnamese tradition," said Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem, "when you take a sip of water, you should remember the origin of the stream. The present generation has to remember those who made sacrifices on their behalf." ?By Phil Zabriskie/Dien Bien...
...Chirac hailed his country's fallen soldiers who "turned a disaster into an epic." Vietnam's military mastermind General Vo Nguyen Giap, 92, shouldered out of the Party's inner circle in the 1980s, made public appearances. The regime even delivered some true eloquence. Said Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem: "When you take a sip of water, you should remember the origin of the stream. The present generation has to remember those who made sacrifices on their behalf." - By Phil Zabriskie New War, Old Tactics GERMANY As the trial of Tunisian Ihsan Garnaoui opened in Berlin, prosecutors revived tactics...
...Gia Morón, a media relations representative at the investment bank Goldman, Sachs & Co. said the company does not expect students to be finance wizzes...
...They pretend not to be scared, but they are," says Gia, 31, a local prostitute. "I give them more time than I should, just 'cause they want to talk." Though they can't say they're deploying the next morning, she can tell. "Usually one of my articles of clothing will turn up missing. I'll come back for it, and they're like, 'Teddy? There's no teddy around here.'" She lets it go. Hey, it's for the war effort, right...
...Nguyen Gia Thieu's neighbors rarely saw him, except when they glimpsed his silver Mercedes gliding through the gates of his three-story villa in Ho Chi Minh City. His lifestyle?the house, the servants, the beauty-queen wife?befitted one of Vietnam's top entrepreneurs, but it infuriated the community. One neighbor snarls, "They are too rich to even look at ordinary people." So there was no sympathy on Jan. 7 when police arrested Thieu, 38, then raided his house, hauling off reams of documents and more than $250,000 in cash. The charge: his Dong Nam Telecom Trade...